iti - in this way; vyavasya - deciding; ājagaram - python; bṛhat vapuḥ - a very, very large body; saḥ - Aghāsura; yojana-āyāma - occupying eight miles of land; mahā-adri-pīvaram - as thick as a great mountain; dhṛtvā - assuming this form; adbhutam - wonderful; vyātta - spread; guhā-ānanam - having a mouth resembling a big cave in a mountain; tadā - at that time; pathi - on the road; vyaśeta - occupied; grasana-āśayā - expecting to swallow all the cowherd boys; khalaḥ - the most crooked.

After thus deciding, that crooked Aghāsura assumed the form of a huge python, as thick as a big mountain and as long as eight miles. Having assumed this wonderful python’s body, he spread his mouth like a big cave in the mountains and lay down on the road, expecting to swallow Kṛṣṇa and His associates the cowherd boys.