Srimad Bhagavatam Canto 10 Chapter 12 Verse 25

Canto 10: The Summum Bonum | Chapter 12: The Killing of the Demon Aghāsura

Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Śrīmad Bhāgavatam 10.12.25

itthaḿ mitho 'tathyam ataj-jña-bhāṣitaḿ

śrutvā vicintyety amṛṣā mṛṣāyate

rakṣo viditvākhila-bhūta-hṛt-sthitaḥ

svānāḿ niroddhuḿ bhagavān mano dadhe

SYNONYMS

ittham — in this way; mithaḥ — or another; atathyam — a subject matter that is not a fact; a-tat-jña — without knowledge; bhāṣitam — while they were talking; śrutvā — Kṛṣṇa hearing them; vicintya — thinking; iti — thus; amṛṣā — actually, truly; mṛṣāyate — who is trying to appear as a false thing (actually the animal was Aghāsura, but because of poor knowledge they were thinking him to be a dead python); rakṣaḥ — (Kṛṣṇa, however, could understand that) he was a demon; viditvā — knowing it; akhila-bhūta-hṛt-sthitaḥ — because He is antaryāmī, situated everywhere, in the core of everyone's heart; svānām — of His own associates; niroddhum — just to forbid them; bhagavān — the Supreme Personality of Godhead; manaḥ dadhe — made up His mind.

TRANSLATION

The Supreme Personality of Godhead, Śrī Kṛṣṇa, who is situated as antaryāmī, the Supersoul, in the core of everyone's heart, heard the boys talking among themselves about the artificial python. Unknown to them, it was actually Aghāsura, a demon who had appeared as a python. Kṛṣṇa, knowing this, wanted to forbid His associates to enter the demon's mouth.

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