# SB 10.12.20
> सत्यमर्ककरारक्तमुत्तराहनुवद्घनम
> अधराहनुवद्रोधस्तत्प्रतिच्छाययारुणम ॥२०॥
## Text
> satyam arka-karāraktam
> uttarā-hanuvad ghanam
> adharā-hanuvad rodhas
> tat-praticchāyayāruṇam
## Synonyms
*satyam*—now the boys decided that it was in fact a living python; *arka-kara-āraktam*—appearing like the sunshine; *uttarā-hanuvat ghanam*—on the cloud resembling the upper lips; *adharā-hanuvat*—resembling the lower lips; *rodhaḥ*—big bank; *tat-praticchāyayā*—by the reflection of sunshine; *aruṇam*—reddish.
## Translation
**Thereafter they decided: Dear friends, this is certainly an animal sitting here to swallow us all. Its upper lip resembles a cloud reddened by the sunshine, and its lower lip resembles the reddish shadows of a cloud.**