dṛṣá¹vÄ taá¹ tÄdṛśaá¹ sarve
matvÄ vá¹›ndÄvana-Å›riyam
vyÄttÄjagara-tuṇá¸ena
hy utpreká¹£ante sma lÄ«layÄ
dṛṣá¹vÄ - seeing; tam - that AghÄsura; tÄdṛśam - in that posture; sarve - Kṛṣṇa and all the cowherd boys; matvÄ - thought it; vá¹›ndÄvana-Å›riyam - a beautiful statue of Vá¹›ndÄvana; vyÄtta - spread; ajagara-tuṇá¸ena - with the form of a python's mouth; hi - indeed; utpreká¹£ante - as if observing; sma - in the past; lÄ«layÄ - as a matter of pastimes.
Upon seeing this demon’s wonderful form, which resembled a great python, the boys thought that it must be a beautiful scenic spot of Vá¹›ndÄvana. Thereafter, they imagined it to be similar to the mouth of a great python. In other words, the boys, unafraid, thought that it was a statue made in the shape of a great python for the enjoyment of their pastimes.
Some of the boys, upon seeing this wonderful phenomenon, thought that it was in fact a python, and they were fleeing from the spot. But others said, “Why are you fleeing? It is not possible that a python like this is staying here. This is a spot of beauty for sporting.†This is what they imagined.
