View source for It becomes very difficult for snakes to leave a forest when there is a fire. Other animals may flee due to their long legs, but serpents, only being able to crawl, are generally burnt in the fire

<div id="compilation">
<div id="facts">
{{terms|"It becomes very difficult for snakes to leave a forest when there is a fire. Other animals may flee due to their long legs, but serpents, only being able to crawl, are generally burnt in the fire"}}
{{notes|}}
{{compiler|MadhuGopaldas}}
{{complete|ALL}}
{{first|06Oct12}}
{{last|06Oct12}}
{{totals_by_section|BG=0|SB=1|CC=0|OB=0|Lec=0|Con=0|Let=0}}
{{total|1}}
{{toc right}}
[[Category:Become]]
[[Category:Very Difficult]]
[[Category:For]]
[[Category:Snake]]
[[Category:Leave]]
[[Category:Forest Fire]]
[[Category:When]]
[[Category:There Is]]
[[Category:Other]]
[[Category:Animals]]
[[Category:May (Might)]]
[[Category:Fled]]
[[Category:Due To]]
[[Category:Their]]
[[Category:Long]]
[[Category:Leg]]
[[Category:But]]
[[Category:Serpent]]
[[Category:Only]]
[[Category:Being]]
[[Category:able To]]
[[Category:Crawling]]
[[Category:Are]]
[[Category:generally]]
[[Category:Burn]]
[[Category:Fire]]
</div>
<div id="Srimad-Bhagavatam" class="section" sec_index="1" parent="compilation" text="Srimad-Bhagavatam"><h2>Srimad-Bhagavatam</h2>
</div>
<div id="SB_Canto_4" class="sub_section" sec_index="4" parent="Srimad-Bhagavatam" text="SB Canto 4"><h3>SB Canto 4</h3>
</div>
<div id="SB42814_0" class="quote" parent="SB_Canto_4" book="SB" index="1183" link="SB 4.28.14" link_text="SB 4.28.14">
<div class="heading">It becomes very difficult for snakes to leave a forest when there is a fire. Other animals may flee due to their long legs, but serpents, only being able to crawl, are generally burnt in the fire
</div>
<span class="link">[[Vanisource:SB 4.28.14|SB 4.28.14, Translation and Purport]]: </span><div style="display: inline;" class="trans text"><p style="display: inline;">As a serpent living within the cavity of a tree wishes to leave when there is a forest fire, so the city's police superintendent, the snake, wished to leave the city due to the fire's severe heat.</p>
</div>
<div class="purport text"><p>It becomes very difficult for snakes to leave a forest when there is a fire. Other animals may flee due to their long legs, but serpents, only being able to crawl, are generally burnt in the fire. At the last stage, the limbs of the body are not as much affected as the life air.</p>
</div>
</div>
</div>