कश्चिन्महानहिस्तस्मिन् विपिनेऽतिबुभुक्षित: । यदृच्छयागतो नन्दं शयानमुरगोऽग्रसीत् ॥ ५ ॥
kaścin mahān ahis tasmin vipine ’ti-bubhukṣitaḥ yadṛcchayāgato nandaṁ śayānam ura-go ’grasīt
- 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
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.