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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 3.20.48
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A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada
TEXT 48
- ye 'hīyantāmutaḥ keśā
- ahayas te 'ṅga jajñire
- sarpāḥ prasarpataḥ krūrā
- nāgā bhogoru-kandharāḥ
yewhich — which; ahīyantadropped out — dropped out; amutaḥfrom that — from that; keśāḥhairs — hairs; ahayaḥsnakes — snakes; tethey — they; aṅgaO dear Vidura — O dear Vidura; jajñiretook birth as — took birth as; sarpāḥsnakes — snakes; prasarpataḥfrom the crawling body — from the crawling body; krūrāḥenvious — envious; nāgāḥcobras — cobras; bhogawith hoods — with hoods; urubig — big; kandharāḥwhose necks — whose necks.
O dear Vidura, the hair that dropped from that body transformed into snakes, and even while the body crawled along with its hands and feet contracted, there sprang from it ferocious serpents and Nāgas with their hoods expanded.