Canto 10: The Summum BonumChapter 34: Nanda Mahārāja Saved and Śańkhacūḍa Slain

Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Śrīmad Bhāgavatam 10.34.5

kaścin mahān ahis tasmin

vipine 'ti-bubhukṣitaḥ

yadṛcchayāgato nandaḿ

śayānam ura-go 'grasīt

SYNONYMS

kaścita certain; mahān — great; ahiḥ — snake; tasminin that; vipine — area of the forest; ati-bubhukṣitaḥ — extremely hungry; yadṛcchayā — by chance; āgataḥ — came there; nandamNanda Mahārāja; śayānam — who was lying asleep; ura-gaḥ — moving on his belly; agrasīt — swallowed.

TRANSLATION

During the night a huge and extremely hungry snake appeared in that thicket. Slithering on his belly up to the sleeping Nanda Mahārāja, the snake began swallowing him.

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