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Chapter 12: The Killing of the Demon Aghāsura

Verse 36 of 40
SB 10.12.36

राजन्नाजगरं चर्म शुष्कं वृन्दावने ऽद्भुतम् व्रजौकसां बहुतिथं बभूवाक्रीडगह्वरम्

rājann ājagaraṁ carma śuṣkaṁ vṛndāvane 'dbhutam vrajaukasāṁ bahu-tithaṁ babhūvākrīḍa-gahvaram

Synonyms

rājanO Mahārāja Parīkṣit; ājagaram carmathe dry body of Aghāsura, which remained only a big skin; śuṣkamwhen it completely dried up; vṛndāvane adbhutamlike a wonderful museum piece in Vṛndāvana; vraja-okasāmfor the inhabitants of Vrajabhūmi, Vṛndāvana; bahu-tithamfor many days, or for a long time; babhūvabecame; ākrīḍasporting place; gahvarama cave..

Translation

O King Parīkṣit, when the python-shaped body of Aghāsura dried up into merely a big skin, it became a wonderful place for the inhabitants of Vṛndāvana to visit, and it remained so for a long, long time.

Verse 36 of 40
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