Text 17] The Killing of the Demon Aghasura 281

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iti vyavasydjagaram brhad vapuh
sa yojandyama-mahadri-pivaram
dhrtvadbhutam vyatta-guhananam tada
pathi vyaseta grasandsaya khalah

iti—in this way; vyavasya—deciding; djagaram—python; brhat
vapuh—a very, very large body; sah—Aghasura; yojana-dydma—oc-
cupying eight miles of land; mahd-adri-pivaram—as thick as a great
mountain; dhrtva—assuming this form; adbhutam—wonderful;
vyatta—spread; guhad-dnanam—having a mouth resembling a big cave
in a mountain; tadd—at that time; pathi—on the road; vyaseta—oc-

cupied; grasana-dsayd—expecting to swallow all the cowherd boys;
khalah—the most crooked.

TRANSLATION

After thus deciding, that crooked Aghasura 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 Krsna and His associates the cowherd

boys.

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dharadharostho jaladottarostho
dary-dnandnto giri-sriga-damstrah

dhvantantar-dsyo vitatadhva-jihvah
parusdnila-svdsa-daveksanosnah
