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

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

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.