Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Śrīmad Bhāgavatam 10.12.20

satyam arka-karāraktam

uttarā-hanuvad ghanam

adharā-hanuvad rodhas

tat-praticchāyayāruṇam

SYNONYMS

satyam — now the boys decided that it was in fact a living python; arka-kara-āraktam — appearing like the sunshine; uttarā-hanuvat ghanam — on the cloud resembling the upper lips; adharā-hanuvat — resembling the lower lips; rodhaḥ — big bank; tat-praticchāyayā — by the reflection of sunshine; aruṇam — 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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