इति व्यवस्याजगरं बृहद् वपु: स योजनायाममहाद्रिपीवरम् । धृत्वाद्भुतं व्यात्तगुहाननं तदा पथि व्यशेत ग्रसनाशया खल: ॥ १६ ॥
iti vyavasyājagaraṁ bṛhad vapuḥ sa yojanāyāma-mahādri-pīvaram dhṛtvādbhutaṁ vyātta-guhānanaṁ tadā pathi vyaśeta grasanāśayā khalaḥ
- iti
- in this way
- vyavasya
- deciding
- ājagaram
- python
- bṛhat vapuḥ
- a very, very large body
- saḥ
- Aghāsura
- yojana-āyāma
- occupying eight miles of land
- mahā-adri-pīvaram
- as thick as a great mountain
- dhṛtvā
- assuming this form
- adbhutam
- wonderful
- vyātta
- spread
- guhā-ānanam
- having a mouth resembling a big cave in a mountain
- tadā
- at that time
- pathi
- on the road
- vyaśeta
- occupied
- grasana-āśayā
- expecting to swallow all the cowherd boys
- khalaḥ
- the most crooked
After thus deciding, that crooked Aghāsura assumed the form of a huge python, as thick as a big mountain and as long as eight miles. Having assumed this wonderful python’s body, he spread his mouth like a big cave in the mountains and lay down on the road, expecting to swallow Kṛṣṇa and His associates the cowherd boys.