सत्यमर्ककरारक्तम् उत्तराहनुवद्घनम् ।
अधराहनुवद्रोधस् तत्प्रतिच्छाययारुणम् ॥ २० ॥
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; rodhah-big bank; tat-praticchayaya-by the reflection of sunshine; arunam-reddish.
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.