येऽहीयन्तामुत: केशा अहयस्तेऽङ्ग जज्ञिरे । सर्पा: प्रसर्पत: क्रूरा नागा भोगोरुकन्धरा: ॥ ४८ ॥
ye ’hiyantamutah kesa ahayas te ’nga jajnire sarpah prasarpatah krura naga bhogoru-kandharah
- ye
- which
- ahiyanta
- dropped out
- amutah
- from that
- kesah
- hairs
- ahayah
- snakes
- te
- they
- anga
- O dear Vidura
- jajnire
- took birth as
- sarpah
- snakes
- prasarpatah
- from the crawling body
- krurah
- envious
- nagah
- cobras
- bhoga
- with hoods
- uru
- big
- kandharah
- whose necks.
O dear Vidura, the hair that dropped from that body transformed into snakes, and even while the body crawled along with its hands and feet contracted, there sprang from it ferocious serpents and Nagas with their hoods expanded.