284 Srimad-Bhagavatam [Canto 10, Ch. 12

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satyam arka-kararaktam
uttard-hanuvad ghanam
adhard-hanuvad rodhas

tat-praticchayayarunam

satyam—now the boys decided that it was in fact a living python;
arka-kara-Graktam—appearing like the sunshine; uttard-hanuvat
ghanam—on the cloud resembling the upper lips; adhard-hanuvat—
resembling the lower lips; rodhah—big bank; tat-praticchayaya—by
the reflection of sunshine; arunam—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.

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aed Fra aaraey amet |
CHIRIOTISaTRAeaT AT | TETT HRCI

pratispardhete srkkabhyam
savydsavye nagodare

turnga-srigdlayo ‘py etas
tad-darnstrabhis ca pasyata

pratispardhete—just resembling; srkkabhyam—with the corners of
the mouth; savya-asavye—left and right; naga-udare—caves of a
mountain; turiga-sriga-dlayah—the high mountain peaks; api—al-
though it is so; etah tat-damstrabhih—they resemble the teeth of the
animal; ca—and; pasyata—just see.
