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  "name":"SB 10.12.22",
  "h1":"SB 10.12.22",
  "label":"Text 22",
  "title":"Śrīmad Bhāgavatam 10.12.22",
  "description":"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."

} —

SB 10.12.22

Text

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.