1160 Stimad-Bhagavatam [Canto 4, Ch. 25
PURPORT

The vital force of a living entity includes the five kinds of air working
within the body, which are known as prana, apana, vydna, samana, and
udana. The vital force is compared to a serpent because a serpent can live
by simply drinking air. The vital force carried by the air is described as the
pratihara, or the bodyguard. Without the vital force one cannot live for a
moment. Indeed, all the senses are working under the protection of the
vital force.

The woman, who represents intelligence, was searching after a husband.
This indicates that intelligence cannot act without consciousness. A
beautiful woman is useless unless protected by the proper husband. Intelli-
gence must always be very fresh; therefore the word apraudha (very
young) is used here. Material enjoyment means utilizing the intelligence
for the sake of riipa, rasa, gandha, sabda and sparsa, or form, taste, smell,
sound and touch.

TEXT 22
Sarat acat Tet Tavtat TAT |
AAATTEMNTA ad PSST 1122
sundsam sudatim balam
sukapolam varananam
sama-vinyasta-karnabhyam
bibhratim kundala-sriyam

su-ndsdm—very beautiful nose; su-datim—very beautiful teeth; balam—
the young woman; su-kapolam—nice forehead; vara-dnanam—beautiful face;
sama—equally; vinyasta—arranged; karnabhyam—both ears; bibhratim—
dazzling; kundala-sriyam—having beautiful earrings.

TRANSLATION

The woman’s nose, teeth and forehead were all very beautiful. Her ears

were equally very beautiful and were bedecked with dazzling earrings.
PURPORT

The body of intelligence enjoys the objects of sense gratification that
cover it, such as smell, vision and hearing. The word sunasam (beautiful
nose) indicates the organ for acquiring knowledge by smell. Similarly, the
