Smell is the natural function of the nose. It is dominated by the element of earth. The black bee is fond of fragrance, and its sense of smell dooms it. The bee flits from flower to flower all day, gathering nectar. This bee has the strength to pierce a hole in wood, but gets trapped in the velvet petals of the lotus flower in the evening. It does not pierce the flower due to its attraction and attachment to its fragrance and tenderness. Then at night an elephant comes, breaks the stem of the lotus flower with his trunk, tramples it underfoot and the bee dies.
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