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ŚB 10.34.5

Devanagari

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.