SB 10.12.25

TEXT 25

TEXT

wtTaM imaTaAe'taTyamatajÁaBaAiSataM
™autvaA ivaicantyaetyama{SaA ma{SaAyatae
r"ºaAe ivaid"tvaAiKalaBaUtaô$itsTata:
svaAnaAM inar"Aea,"DauM BagAvaAnmanaAe d"Dae

ittham mitho 'tathyam ataj-jna-bhasitam

srutva vicintyety amrsa mrsayate

rakso viditvakhila-bhūta-hrt-sthitaḥ

svanam niroddhum bhagavan mano dadhe

ittham-in this way; mithaḥ-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); raksaḥ-(Krsna, however, could understand that) he was a demon; viditva-knowing it; akhila-bhūta-hrt-sthitaḥ-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; manaḥ dadhe-made up His mind.

TRANSLATION

The Supreme Personality of Godhead, Sri Krsna, who is situated as antaryami, the Supersoul, in the core of everyone's heart, heard the boys talking among themselves about the artificial python. Unknown to them, it was actually Aghasura, a demon who had appeared as a python. Krsna, knowing this, wanted to forbid His associates to enter the demon's mouth.

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