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Chapter 20: Conversation Between Maitreya and Vidura

Verse 48 of 53
SB 3.20.48

ये ऽहीयन्तामुतः केशा अहयस्ते ऽंग जज्ञिरे सर्पाः प्रसर्पतः क्रूरा नागा भोगोरुकन्धराः

ye 'hīyantāmutaḥ keśā ahayas te 'ṅga jajñire sarpāḥ prasarpataḥ krūrā nāgā bhogoru-kandharāḥ

Synonyms

yewhich; ahīyantadropped out; amutaḥfrom that; keśāḥhairs; ahayaḥsnakes; tethey; aṅgaO dear Vidura; jajñiretook birth as; sarpāḥsnakes; prasarpataḥfrom the crawling body; krūrāḥenvious; nāgāḥcobras; bhogawith hoods; urubig; kandharāḥwhose necks..

Translation

O dear Vidura, the hair that dropped from that body transformed into snakes, and even while the body crawled along with his hands and feet contracted, there sprang from it ferocious serpents and Nāgas with their hoods expanded.

Verse 48 of 53
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