ittham mitho 'tathyam ataj-jna-bhasitam
srutva vicintyety amrsa mrsayate
rakso viditvakhila-bhuta-hrt-sthitah
svanam niroddhum bhagavan mano dadhe
ittham-in this way; mithah-or another; atathyam-a subject matter that is not a fact; a-tat-jna-without knowledge; bhasitam-while they were talking; srutva-Krsna hearing them; vicintya-thinking; iti-thus; amrsa-actually, truly; mrsayate-who is trying to appear as a false thing (actually the animal was Aghasura, but because of poor knowledge they were thinking him to be a dead python); raksah-(Krsna, however, could understand that) he was a demon; viditva-knowing it; akhila-bhuta-hrt-sthitah-because He is antaryami, situated everywhere, in the core of everyone's heart; svanam-of His own associates; niroddhum-just to forbid them; bhagavan-the Supreme Personality of Godhead; manah dadhe-made up His mind.