SB 10.12.25 · Srimad-Bhagavatam

Devanagari

इत्थं मिथोऽतथ्यमतज्ज्ञभाषितं श्रुत्वा विचिन्त्येत्यमृषा मृषायते । रक्षो विदित्वाखिलभूतहृत्स्थित: स्वानां निरोद्धुं भगवान् मनो दधे ॥ २५ ॥

Verse text

itthaṁ mitho ’tathyam ataj-jṣa-bhāṣitaṁ śrutvā vicintyety amṛṣā mṛṣāyate rakṣo viditvākhila-bhūta-hṛt-sthitaḥ svānāṁ niroddhuṁ bhagavān mano dadhe

Synonyms

ittham — in this way ; mithaḥ — or another ; atathyam — a subject matter that is not a fact ; a — tat — jṣa — without knowledge ; bhāṣitam — while they were talking ; śrutvā — Kṛṣṇa hearing them ; vicintya — thinking ; iti — thus ; amṛṣā — actually, truly ; mṛṣāyate — who is trying to appear as a false thing (actually the animal was Aghāsura, but because of poor knowledge they were thinking him to be a dead python) ; rakṣaḥ — (Kṛṣṇa, however, could understand that) he was a demon ; viditvā — knowing it ; akhila — bhūta — hṛt — sthitaḥ — because He is antaryāmī, situated everywhere, in the core of everyone’s heart ; svānām — of His own associates ; niroddhum — just to forbid them ; bhagavān — the Supreme Personality of Godhead ; manaḥ dadhe — made up His mind .

Translation

The Supreme Personality of Godhead, Śrī Kṛṣṇa, who is situated as antaryāmī, the Supersoul, in the core of everyone’s heart, heard the boys talking among themselves about the artificial python. Unknown to them, it was actually Aghāsura, a demon who had appeared as a python. Kṛṣṇa, knowing this, wanted to forbid His associates to enter the demon’s mouth.

Translation (Visvanatha Cakravarti Thakura)

The Supreme Personality of Godhead, Śrī Kṛṣṇa, who is situated as antaryāmī, the Supersoul, in the core of everyone's heart, heard the boys talking among themselves about the artificial python. Unknown to them, it was actually Aghāsura, a demon who had appeared as a python. Kṛṣṇa, knowing this, wanted to forbid His associates to enter the demon's mouth. KB 10.12.25 Meanwhile, Kṛṣṇa, who is the Supersoul within everyone’s heart, could understand that the big statuesque figure was a demon. The boys did not know this, however, and thus while Kṛṣṇa was planning how to stop the destruction of His intimate friends, …

Purport (Visvanatha Cakravarti Thakura)

Hearing the boys discuss about the real snake as if it were something else Krsna began to think. "What is really a snake’s mouth they are thinking is some scenic part of Vrndavan, not a snake’s mouth. This is not just a snake, but the demon called Aghasura. " How did he know this? Because he is situated in everyone’s heart (akhila bhuta hrt sthitah) as paramatma, knowing everything. He then decided to prevent them (svanam) from entering.

Purport (Jiva Goswami)

Hearing the speech of his friends, who were acting like ignorant people, hearing that speech which was false, since truly (amṛṣā) the gaping mouth of the snake shone with brilliance (mṛṣāyate) in Vṛndāvana, and knowing it was not only a python but the Rākṣasa named Agha, since he was in everyone’s heart as Paramātmā, was the inspiration for all things and was endowed with all powers (bhagavān), he wanted to prevent them.