TEXT 25
ittham mitho tathyam ataj-jna-bhasitam
srutva vicintyety amrsa mrsayate
rakso viditvakhila-bhuta-hrt-sthitah
svanam niroddhum bhagavan mano dadhe
SYNONYMS
itthamin this way; mithahor another; atathyama subject matter that is not a fact; a-tat-jnawithout knowledge; bhasitamwhile they were talking; srutvaKrsna hearing them; vicintyathinking; itithus; amrsaactually, truly; mrsayatewho 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; viditvaknowing it; akhila-bhuta-hrt-sthitahbecause He is antaryami, situated everywhere, in the core of everyones heart; svanamof His own associates; niroddhumjust to forbid them; bhagavanthe Supreme Personality of Godhead; manah dadhemade up His mind.
TRANSLATION
The Supreme Personality of Godhead, Sri Krsna, who is situated as antaryami, the Supersoul, in the core of everyones 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 demons mouth.

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