# SB 10.12.20 ## 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.**