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ŚB 5.16.23

Devanagari

या ह्युपयुञ्जानानां मुखनिर्वासितो वायु: समन्ताच्छतयोजनमनुवासयति ॥ २३ ॥

Text

yā hy upayuñjānānāṁ mukha-nirvāsito vāyuḥ samantāc chata-yojanam anuvāsayati.

Synonyms

yāḥ — which (those flows of honey); hi — indeed; upayuñjānānām — of those who drink; mukha-nirvāsitaḥ vāyuḥ — the air emanating from the mouths; samantāt — all around; śata-yojanam — up to one hundred yojanas (eight hundred miles); anuvāsayati — makes sweetly flavored.

Translation

The air carrying the scent from the mouths of those who drink that honey perfumes the land for a hundred yojanas around.