SB 10.34.5

Srimad-Bhagavatam - Tenth Canto - Chapter 34: Nanda Mahārāja Saved and Śańkhacūḍa Slain

SB 10.34.4 - SB 10.34.6

His Divine Grace
A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada

Please note: The synonyms, translation and purport of this verse were composed by disciples of Śrīla Prabhupāda

TEXT 5

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 and purport composed by disciples of Śrīla Prabhupāda

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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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