Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Śrīmad Bhāgavatam 10.65.19

varuṇa-preṣitā devī

vāruṇī vṛkṣa-koṭarāt

patantī tad vanaḿ sarvaḿ

sva-gandhenādhyavāsayat

SYNONYMS

varuṇa — by Varuṇa, the demigod of the ocean; preṣitā — sent; devī — divine; vāruṇī — the Vāruṇī liquor; vṛkṣa — of a tree; koṭarāt — from the hollow; patantī — flowing; tat — that; vanam — forest; sarvam — entire; sva — with its own; gandhena — aroma; adhyavāsayat — made even more fragrant.

TRANSLATION

Sent by the demigod Varuṇa, the divine Vāruṇī liquor flowed from a tree hollow and made the entire forest even more fragrant with its sweet aroma.

PURPORT

Śrīla Śrīdhara Svāmī explains that Vāruṇī is a liquor distilled from honey. Śrīla Viśvanātha Cakravartī adds that the goddess Vāruṇī, the daughter of Varuṇa, is the presiding deity of that particular divine liquor. The ācārya also quotes the following statement from Śrī Hari-vaḿśa: samīpaḿ preṣitā pitrā varuṇena tavānagha. Here the goddess Vāruṇī says to Lord Balarāma: "My father, Varuṇa, has sent me to You, O sinless one."

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