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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam
[Canto 10, Ch. 12
TEXT 20
सत्यमर्ककरारक्तमुत्तराहनुवद् घनम् । अधराहनुवद् रोधस्तत्प्रतिच्छाययारुणम् ॥२०॥
satyam arka-karāraktam uttarā-hanuvad ghanam adharā-hanuvad rodhas tat-praticchāyayāruṇam
satyam —now the boys decided that it was in fact a living python;  arka-karā-āraktam —appearing like the sunshine;  uttarā-hanuvat ghanam —on the cloud resembling the upper lips;  adharā-hanuvat —resembling the lower lips;  rodhaḥ —big bank;  tat-praticchāyayā —by the reflection of sunshine;  aruṇam —reddish.
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.
TEXT 21
प्रतिस्पर्धेते सृक्कभ्यां सव्यासव्ये नगोदरे । तुङ्गभृङ्गालयोऽप्येतास्तद्दंष्ट्राभिश्च पश्यत ॥२१॥
pratispardhete sṛkkabhyām savyāsavye nagodare tuṅga-śṛṅgālayo 'py etās tad-daṁṣṭrābhiś ca paśyata
pratispardhete —just resembling;  sṛkkabhyām —with the corners of the mouth;  savya-asavye —left and right;  naga-udare —caves of a mountain;  tuṅga-śṛṅga-ālayaḥ —the high mountain peaks;  api —although it is so;  etāḥ tat-daṁṣṭrābhiḥ —they resemble the teeth of the animal;  ca —and;  paśyata —just see.