Text 19]
The Characteristics of King Purañjana
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so strong that even if one is very learned, he becomes agitated in such circumstances. If this is the case, how can a young man in a nice park remain calm and quiet after seeing a beautiful young woman?
TEXT 18
हिमनिश्चरविप्रुष्मत्कुमुमाकरवायुना । चलत्प्रवालविटपनलिनीतटसम्पदि ॥१८॥
hima-nirjhara-vipruṣmat- kusumākara-vāyunā calat-pravāla-viṭapa- nalinī-taṭa-sampadi
hima-nirjhara —from the icy mountain waterfall;  vipruṣ-mat —carrying particles of water;  kusumākara —springtime;  vāyunā —by the air;  calat —moving;  pravāla —branches;  viṭapa —trees;  nalinī-taṭa —on the bank of the lake with lotus flowers;  sampadi —opulent.
TRANSLATION
The branches of the trees standing on the bank of the lake received particles of water carried by the spring air from the falls coming down from the icy mountain.
PURPORT
In this verse the word  hima-nirjhara  is particularly significant. The waterfall represents a kind of liquid humor or  rasa  (relationship). In the body there are different types of humor,  rasa  or mellow. The supreme mellow (relationship) is called the sexual mellow ( ādi-rasa ). When this  ādi-rasa  or sex desire comes in contact with the spring air moved by Cupid, it becomes agitated. In other words, all these are representations of  rūpa ,  rasa ,  gandha ,  śabda  and  sparśa . The wind is  sparśa , or touch. The waterfall is  rasa , or taste. The spring air ( kusumākara ) is smell. All these varieties of enjoyment make life very pleasing, and thus we become captivated by material existence.
TEXT 19
नावारण्यमृगवातेरनावाधे मुनिव्रतैः । आहूतं मन्यते पान्यो यत्र कोकिलकूजितैः ॥१९॥