Garga Samhita 1371

Garga Samhita

Canto Two : Chapter Thirteen

Sheshopakhyana-varnana
The Story of Shesha

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Text 19 and 20

sa kadrush ca maha-sarpan
janayam asa koöishah
mahodbhaöan visha-balan
ugran panca-shatananan

maha-mani-dharan kamshcid
duhsahamsh ca shatananan
tesham vedashira nama
kaliyo 'bhud maha-phani[1]

Kadru gave birth to many millions of great, powerful, invincible jewel-decorated, and very poisonous snakes, some having five-hundred heads, and others having a hundred heads. Among them Vedashira became the great snake Kaliya.

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References

  1. sa -she; kadrush -Kadru; ca -and; maha-sarpan -great snakes; janayam asa -gave birth; koöishah -millions; mahodbhaöan -very powerful; visha -poison; balan -strong; ugran -horrible; panca-shat -five hundred; ananan -heads; maha -great; mani -jewels; dharan -having; kamshcit -some; duhsahamsh -invincible; ca -and; shatananan -a hundred heads; tesham -of them; vedashira -Vedasira; nama -named; kaliyah -Kaliya; abhut -became; maha -great; phani -snake.

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