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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam
[Canto 10, Ch. 12]
dharā —on the surface of the globe;  adhara-oṣṭhaḥ —whose lower lip;  jalada-uttara-oṣṭhaḥ —whose upper lip was touching the clouds;  darī-ānana-antaḥ —whose mouth was expanded very widely like a mountain cave;  giri-śrīga —like a mountain peak;  damṣṭraḥ —whose teeth;  dhvānta-antaḥ-āsyaḥ —within whose mouth the atmosphere was as dark as possible;  vitata-adhva-jihvaḥ —whose tongue was like a broad way;  paruṣa-anila-śvāsa —whose breath was like a warm wind;  dava-īkṣaṇa-uṣṇaḥ —and whose glance was like flames of fire.
TRANSLATION
His lower lip rested on the surface of the earth, and his upper lip was touching the clouds in the sky. The borders of his mouth resembled the sides of a big cave in a mountain, and the middle of his mouth was as dark as possible. His tongue resembled a broad trafficway, his breath was like a warm wind, and his eyes blazed like fire.
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दृष्ट्वा तं तादृशं सर्वे मत्वा वृन्दावनश्रियम् ।   व्यात्ताजगरतुण्डेन बुत्प्रेक्षन्ते स लीलया ॥१८॥
dṛṣṭvā tam tādṛśam sarve matvā vṛndāvana-śriyam vyāttājagara-tuṇḍena hy utprekṣante sma līlayā
dṛṣṭvā —seeing;  tam —that Aghāsura;  tādṛśam —in that posture;  sarve —Kṛṣṇa and all the cowherd boys;  matvā —thought it;  vṛndāvana-śriyam —a beautiful statue of Vṛndāvana;  vyātta —spread;  ajagara-tuṇḍena —with the form of a python’s mouth;  hi —indeed;  utprekṣante —as if observing;  sma —in the past;  līlayā —as a matter of pastimes.
TRANSLATION
Upon seeing this demon’s wonderful form, which resembled a great python, the boys thought that it must be a beautiful scenic