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SB 10.12.22

आस्तृतायाममार्गोऽयं रसनां प्रतिगर्जति ।
एषामन्तर्गतं ध्वान्तमेतदप्यन्तराननम् ॥ २२ ॥

āstṛtāyāma-mārgo ’yaṁ
rasanāṁ pratigarjati
eṣāṁ antar-gataṁ 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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