सत्यमर्ककरारक्तमुत्तराहनुवद् धनम् । अधराहनुवद्रोधस्तत्प्रतिच्छाययारुणम् ॥ २० ॥
satyam arka-karāraktam uttarā-hanuvad ghanam adharā-hanuvad rodhas tat-praticchāyayāruṇam
- satyam
- now the boys decided that it was in fact a living python
- arka-kara-āraktam
- appearing like the sunshine
- uttarā-hanuvat ghanam
- on the cloud resembling the upper lips
- adharā-hanuvat
- resembling the lower lips
- rodhaḥ
- big bank
- tat-praticchāyayā
- by the reflection of sunshine
- aruṇam
- reddish
Thereafter they decided: Dear friends, this is certainly an animal sitting here to swallow us all. Its upper lip resembles a cloud reddened by the sunshine, and its lower lip resembles the reddish shadows of a cloud.