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SB 10.12.20

Devanāgarī

सत्यमर्ककरारक्तमुत्तराहनुवद् धनम् । अधराहनुवद्रोधस्तत्प्रतिच्छाययारुणम् ॥ २० ॥

Text

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-hanuvatghanam—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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