SB 10.12.20

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s$atyamakR(k(r"Ar"·(ma,
oÔar"Ah"nauvaḤ"nama,
@Dar"Ah"nauva‰"AeDas$a,
tat'aitacC$AyayaAs&NAma,

satyam arka-kararaktam

uttara-hanuvad ghanam

adhara-hanuvad rodhas

tat-praticchayayarunam

satyam-now the boys decided that it was in fact a living python; arka-kara-araktam-appearing like the sunshine; uttara-hanuvat ghanam-on the cloud resembling the upper lips; adhara-hanuvat-resembling the lower lips; rodhaḥ-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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