Aromatic flowers

 

An unlimited variety of aromatic flowers blossoms in the trees of Vṛndāvana, each a reflection of Śrī Kṛṣṇa’s inconceivable artistic skill. Although trees generally blossom in the spring, in the land of wonder which is Vṛndāvana the seasonal laws act only for the pleasure of Śrī Kṛṣṇa. There are divine kadamba, campaka, śirīṣa, ketakī, and kiṁśuka trees, along with beautiful lavaṅga, jātī, yūthī, and mādhavī vines. They bear flowers of many heavenly colors, and their combined fragrance is carried by a slow, singular breeze.

This breeze, pregnant with the weight of an intoxicating fragrance, now moves in lazy patterns, winding among the many trees like an ethereal python, sometimes stopping, sometimes continuing its love-induced course. Those living entities who gain the fortune of receiving its touch are released from the cycle of birth and death. Aromatic, cooling, and pleasant in every way, it sends an invitation to Śrī Kṛṣṇa; Vṛndāvana forest is now prepared to receive Him!

If one asks how such divine fragrances came to be, the answer is that mother Earth has adopted the scent of Śrī Kṛṣṇa’s body at the time of His bath. When Mother Yaśodā removes His cloth, allowing it to fall to the ground, the assimilated scent of His limbs, which resembles a mixture of sandalwood pulp, camphor, musk, and aguru, is immediately plundered by Pṛthvī-devī. She then distributes it to all her associates, like the trees, bushes, and flowers, who forward it to their offspring, the flowers. Each flower, according to its qualification, receives some portion of this aroma, which is then known as its own bouquet.

H.H.Sivarama Swami, Veṇu-gītā, Chapter 1, Vṛndāvana in Autumn

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