Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Śrīmad Bhāgavatam 10.12.22

āstṛtāyāma-mārgo 'yaḿ

rasanāḿ pratigarjati

eṣāḿ antar-gataḿ dhvāntam

etad apy antar-ānanam

SYNONYMS

āstṛta-āyāma — the length and breadth; mārgaḥ ayam — a broad way; rasanām — the tongue; pratigarjati — resembles; eṣām antaḥ-gatam — on the inside of the mountains; dhvāntam — darkness; etat — this; api — indeed; antaḥ-ānanam — the inside of the mouth.

TRANSLATION

In length and breadth the animal's tongue resembles a broad traffic-way, and the inside of its mouth is very, very dark, like a cave in a mountain.

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