tasmin -- there; maha -- huge; bhogam -- a serpent; anantam -- Lord Ananta; adbhutam -- amazing; sahasra -- thousand; murdhanya -- on His heads; phana -- upon the hoods; mani -- of the gems; dyubhih -- with the rays of effulgence; vibhrajamanam -- shining; dvi -- twice; guna -- as many; ikshana -- whose eyes; ulbanam -- frightening; sita -- white; acala -- the mountain (namely Kailasa); abham -- whose resemblance; siti -- dark blue; kantha -- whose necks; jihvam -- and tongues.

In that palace was the huge, awe-inspiring serpent Ananta Sesha. 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 Kailasa, and His necks and tongues were dark blue.