Text 17]
The Killing of the Demon Aghāsura
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धृत्वाद्भुतं व्यात्तगुहाननं तदा पथि व्यशेत ग्रसनाशया खलः ॥१६॥
iti vyavasyājagaram bṛhad vapuḥ sa yojanāyāma-mahādri-pīvaram dhṛtvādbhutam vyātta-guhānanam tadā pathi vyaśeta grasanāśayā khalaḥ
iti —in this way;  vyavasya —deciding;  ājagaram —python;  bṛhat vapuḥ —a very, very large body;  saḥ —Aghāsura;  yojana-āyāma —occupying eight miles of land;  mahā-adri-pīvaram —as thick as a great mountain;  dhṛtvā —assuming this form;  adbhutam —wonderful;  vyātta —spread;  guhā-ānanam —having a mouth resembling a big cave in a mountain;  tadā —at that time;  pathi —on the road;  vyaśeta —occupied;  grasana-āśayā —expecting to swallow all the cowherd boys;  khalaḥ —the most crooked.
TRANSLATION
After thus deciding, that crooked Aghāsura assumed the form of a huge python, as thick as a big mountain and as long as eight miles. Having assumed this wonderful python's body, he spread his mouth like a big cave in the mountains and lay down on the road, expecting to swallow Kṛṣṇa and His associates the cowherd boys.
TEXT 17
धराधरोष्ठो जलदोत्तरोष्ठो दर्याननान्तो गिरिशृङ्गदंष्ट्रः । ध्वान्तान्तरास्यो वितताध्वजिह्वः परुषानिलश्वासदवेक्षणोष्णः ॥१७॥
dharādharoṣṭho jaladottaroṣṭho dary-ānanānto giri-śṛṅga-daṁṣṭraḥ dhvāntāntar-āsyo vitatādhva-jihvaḥ paruṣānila-śvāsa-davekṣaṇoṣṇaḥ