Srimad Bhagavatam Canto 10 Chapter 12 Verse 36

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

Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Śrīmad Bhāgavatam 10.12.36

rājann ājagaraḿ carma

śuṣkaḿ vṛndāvane 'dbhutam

vrajaukasāḿ bahu-tithaḿ

babhūvākrīḍa-gahvaram

SYNONYMS

rājan — O Mahārāja Parīkṣit; ājagaram carma — the dry body of Aghāsura, which remained only a big skin; śuṣkam — when it completely dried up; vṛndāvane adbhutam — like a wonderful museum piece in Vṛndāvana; vraja-okasām — for the inhabitants of Vrajabhūmi, Vṛndāvana; bahu-titham — for many days, or for a long time; babhūva — became; ākrīḍa — sporting place; gahvaram — a cave.

TRANSLATION

O King Parīkṣit, when the python-shaped body of Aghāsura dried up into merely a big skin, it became a wonderful place for the inhabitants of Vṛndāvana to visit, and it remained so for a long, long time.

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