# Shyāma meṁ āṭha sugandhi batāya.

Jagadguru Shri Kripalu Ji Maharaj

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Source Roman transliteration

<a id="line-2"></a>Shyāma meṁ āṭha sugandhi batāya.  
<a id="line-3"></a>prathama sugandhi divya mukha kī jo, sanaka samādhi bhulāya.  
<a id="line-4"></a>dūjī lepita tanu hari chandana, kī sugandhi phailāya.  
<a id="line-5"></a>hari chandana kumkuma mishritahūṁ, ika sugandhi kahāya.  
<a id="line-6"></a>eka hari chandana kumkuma kastūri, mishra gandha batalāya.  
<a id="line-7"></a>banamālā meṁ guthī tulasikā, kī sugandhi ika āya.  
<a id="line-8"></a>anya vanya phūloṁ kī mālā, ika sugandhi kahalāya.  
<a id="line-9"></a>hari chandana-kumkuma vana pushpana, eka sugandhi suhāya.  
<a id="line-10"></a>mukha sugandhi soṁ mili sugandhi saba, ika sugandhi bani jāya.  
<a id="line-11"></a>yaha ‘Kṛipālu’ saugandhya ashṭa nita, shyāmā meṁ bhī bhāya.

Published English meaning — Dr. Bageeshwari Devi

<a id="line-12"></a>There are eight kinds of fragrances that emanate from the Divine body  
<a id="line-13"></a>of Shyāmasundara. The first fragrance is that of His beautiful lotus-like  
<a id="line-14"></a>face. This special fragrance makes Sanak, Sanandana etc. (sons of  
<a id="line-15"></a>Brahma) forget their trance. The second fragrance is that of harichandana  
<a id="line-16"></a>(a kind of sandal paste) with which His body is smeared. The third  
<a id="line-17"></a>fragrance is a mixture of harichandana and kumkuma (vermillion).  
<a id="line-18"></a>There is also the special fragrance of the tulasī leaves in His banamālā  
<a id="line-19"></a>(garland of forest flowers). The special fragrance of these forest flowers  
<a id="line-20"></a>mingling with the fragrance of harichandana and kumkuma produces a  
<a id="line-21"></a>unique fragrance. All these fragrances along with the fragrance of His  
<a id="line-22"></a>face mixed together, make a special fragrance. All these eight fragrances  
<a id="line-23"></a>also emanate from the Divine body of Shrī Rādhā.

Published English and Roman text from the supplied combined Krishna Dwadashi and Radha Trayodashi scan. Krishna verse 6 is absent from this source; the gap remains explicit. Radha numbering restarts at 1 and is kept in its own group. Published translation: Dr. Bageeshwari Devi.

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