SB 10.89.53
A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada
Please note: The synonyms, translation and purport of this verse were composed by disciples of Śrīla Prabhupāda
TEXT 53
- tasmin mahā-bhogam anantam adbhutaṁ sahasra-mūrdhanya-phaṇā-maṇi-dyubhiḥ
- vibhrājamānaṁ dvi-guṇekṣaṇolbaṇaṁ
- sitācalābhaṁ śiti-kaṇṭha-jihvam
SYNONYMS
tasmin — there; mahā — huge; bhogam — a serpent; anantam — Lord Ananta; adbhutam — amazing; sahasra — thousand; mūrdhanya — on His heads; phaṇā — upon the hoods; maṇi — of the gems; dyubhiḥ — with the rays of effulgence; vibhrājamānam — shining; dvi — twice; īkṣaṇa — whose eyes; ulbaṇam — frightening; sita — white; acala — the mountain (namely Kailāsa); ābham — whose resemblance; śiti — dark blue; kaṇṭha — whose necks; jihvam — and tongues.
Translation and purport composed by disciples of Śrīla Prabhupāda
TRANSLATION
In that palace was the huge, awe-inspiring serpent Ananta Śeṣa. He shone brilliantly with the radiance emanating from the gems on His thousands of hoods and reflecting from twice as many fearsome eyes. He resembled white Mount Kailāsa, and His necks and tongues were dark blue.