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SB 10.34.5

Devanāgarī

कश्चिन्महानहिस्तस्मिन् विपिनेऽतिबुभुक्षित: । यद‍ृच्छयागतो नन्दं शयानमुरगोऽग्रसीत् ॥ ५ ॥

Text

kaścin mahān ahis tasmin vipine ’ti-bubhukṣitaḥ yadṛcchayāgato nandaṁ śayānam ura-go ’grasīt

Synonyms

kaścit—a certain;mahān—great;ahiḥ—snake;tasmin—in that;vipine—area of the forest;ati-bubhukṣitaḥ—extremely hungry;yadṛcchayā—by chance;āgataḥ—came there;nandam—Nanda 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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