ŚB 10.12.20
Devanagari
सत्यमर्ककरारक्तमुत्तराहनुवद् धनम् ।
अधराहनुवद्रोधस्तत्प्रतिच्छाययारुणम् ॥ २० ॥
अधराहनुवद्रोधस्तत्प्रतिच्छाययारुणम् ॥ २० ॥
Verse text
satyam arka-karāraktam
uttarā-hanuvad ghanam
adharā-hanuvad rodhas
tat-praticchāyayāruṇam
uttarā-hanuvad ghanam
adharā-hanuvad rodhas
tat-praticchāyayāruṇam
Synonyms
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.
Translation
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.