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ŚB 10.12.36

Devanagari

राजन्नाजगरं चर्म शुष्कं वृन्दावनेऽद्भ‍ुतम् ।
व्रजौकसां बहुतिथं बभूवाक्रीडगह्वरम् ॥ ३६ ॥

Text

rājann ājagaraṁ carma
śuṣkaṁ vṛndāvane ’dbhutam
vrajaukasāṁ bahu-tithaṁ
babhūvākrīḍa-gahvaram

Synonyms

rājan — O Mahārāja Parīkṣit; ājagaram carma — the dry body of Aghāsura, which remained only a big skin; śuṣkam — when it completely dried up; vṛndāvane adbhutam — like a wonderful museum piece in Vṛndāvana; vraja-okasām — for the inhabitants of Vrajabhūmi, Vṛndāvana; bahu-titham — for many days, or for a long time; babhūva — became; ākrīḍa — sporting place; gahvaram — a cave.

Translation

O King Parīkṣit, when the python-shaped body of Aghāsura dried up into merely a big skin, it became a wonderful place for the inhabitants of Vṛndāvana to visit, and it remained so for a long, long time.