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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam
[Canto 4, Ch. 29]
TRANSLATION
The two doors named Nalinī and Nālinī should be known as the two nostrils, and the city named Saurabha represents aroma. The companion spoken of as Avadhūta is the sense of smell. The door called Mukhyā is the mouth, and Vipaṇa is the faculty of speech. Rasajña is the sense of taste.
PURPORT
The word  avadhūta  means “most free.” A person is not under the rules and regulations of any injunction when he has attained the stage of  avadhūta . In other words, he can act as he likes. This  avadhūta  is exactly like air, which does not care for any obstruction. In  Bhagavad-gītā  it is said:
cañcalaṁ hi manaḥ kṛṣṇa pramāthi balavad dṛḍham tasyāhaṁ nigrahaṁ manye vāyor iva suduṣkaram
“For the mind is restless, turbulent, obstinate and very strong, O Kṛṣṇa, and to subdue it is, it seems to me, more difficult than controlling the wind.” (Bg. 6.34)
Just as the air or wind cannot be checked by anyone, the two nostrils, situated in one place, enjoy the sense of smell without impediment. When the tongue is present, the mouth continually tastes all kinds of relishable foodstuffs.
TEXT 12
आपणो व्यवहारोऽत्र चित्रमन्धो बहूदनम् ।
पितृहर्दक्षिणः कर्ण उत्तरो देवहः स्मृतः ॥१२॥
āpaṇo vyavahāro 'tra citram andho bahūdanam pitṛhūr dakṣiṇaḥ karṇa uttaro devahūḥ smṛtaḥ
āpaṇaḥ —named Āpaṇa;  vyavahāraḥ —business of the tongue;  atra —here;  citram —of all varieties;  andhaḥ —eatables;  bahūdanam —named Bahūdana;  pitṛ-hūḥ —named Pitṛhū;  dakṣiṇaḥ —right;  karṇaḥ —ear;  uttaraḥ —left;  deva-hūḥ —Devahū;  smṛtaḥ —is called.