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TEXT 16
iti vyavasyajagaram brhad vapuh
sa yojanayama-mahadri-pivaram
dhrtvadbhutam vyatta-guhananam tada
pathi vyaseta grasanasaya khalah
SYNONYMS
itiin this way; vyavasyadeciding; ajagarampython; brhat vapuha very, very large body; sahAghasura; yojana-ayamaoccupying eight miles of land; maha-adri-pivaramas thick as a great mountain; dhrtvaassuming this form; adbhutamwonderful; vyattaspread; guha-ananamhaving a mouth resembling a big cave in a mountain; tadaat that time; pathion the road; vyasetaoccupied; grasana-asayaexpecting to swallow all the cowherd boys; khalahthe 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 pythons 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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