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Chapter 12: The Killing of the Demon Aghāsura

Verse 20 of 40
SB 10.12.20

सत्यमर्ककरारक्तमुत्तराहनुवद्घनम् अधराहनुवद्रोधस्तत्प्रतिच्छाययारुणम्

satyam arka-karāraktam uttarā-hanuvad ghanam adharā-hanuvad rodhas tat-praticchāyayāruṇam

Synonyms

satyamnow the boys decided that it was in fact a living python; arka-kara-āraktamappearing like the sunshine; uttarā-hanuvat ghanamon the cloud resembling the upper lips; adharā-hanuvatresembling the lower lips; rodhaḥbig bank; tat-praticchāyayāby the reflection of sunshine; aruṇamreddish..

Translation

Thereafter they decided: Dear friends, this is certainly an animal sitting here to swallow us all. Its upper lip resembles a cloud reddened by the sunshine, and its lower lip resembles the reddish shadows of a cloud.

Verse 20 of 40