Canto 10: The Summum BonumChapter 89: Kṛṣṇa and Arjuna Retrieve a Brāhmaṇa's Sons

Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Śrīmad Bhāgavatam 10.89.53

tasmin mahā-bhogam anantam adbhutaḿ sahasra-mūrdhanya-phaṇā-maṇi-dyubhiḥ

vibhrājamānaḿ dvi-guṇekṣaṇolbaṇaḿ

sitācalābhaḿ śiti-kaṇṭha-jihvam

SYNONYMS

tasmin — there; mahā — huge; bhogama serpent; anantam — Lord Ananta; adbhutam — amazing; sahasra — thousand; mūrdhanya — on His heads; phaṇā — upon the hoods; maṇi — of the gems; dyubhiḥ — with the rays of effulgence; vibhrājamānam — shining; dvi — twice; guṇaas many; īkṣaṇa — whose eyes; ulbaṇam — frightening; sita — white; acala — the mountain (namely Kailāsa); ābham — whose resemblance; śiti — dark blue; kaṇṭha — whose necks; jihvam — and tongues.

TRANSLATION

In that palace was the huge, awe-inspiring serpent Ananta Śeṣa. He shone brilliantly with the radiance emanating from the gems on His thousands of hoods and reflecting from twice as many fearsome eyes. He resembled white Mount Kailāsa, and His necks and tongues were dark blue.

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