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ŚB 3.20.48

येऽहीयन्तामुत: केशा अहयस्तेऽङ्ग जज्ञिरे ।
सर्पा: प्रसर्पत: क्रूरा नागा भोगोरुकन्धरा: ॥ ४८ ॥
ye ’hīyantāmutaḥ keśā
ahayas te ’ṅga jajñire
sarpāḥ prasarpataḥ krūrā
nāgā bhogoru-kandharāḥ

Synonyms

yewhich; ahīyantadropped out; amutaḥfrom that; keśāḥhairs; ahayaḥsnakes; tethey; aṅgaO dear Vidura; jajñiretook birth as; sarpāḥsnakes; prasarpataḥfrom the crawling body; krūrāḥenvious; nāgāḥcobras; bhogawith hoods; urubig; kandharāḥwhose necks.

Translation

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 Nāgas with their hoods expanded.