Text 23]
The Killing of the Demon Aghāsura
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TRANSLATION
On the left and right, the two depressions resembling mountain caves are the corners of its mouth, and the high mountain peaks are its teeth.
TEXT 22
आस्तृतायाममार्गोऽयं रसनां प्रतिगर्जति । एषामन्तर्गतं श्वान्तमेतदप्यन्तराननम् ॥२२॥
āstṛtāyāma-mārgo 'yaṁ rasanāṁ pratigarjati eṣām antar-gataṁ dhvāntam etad apy antar-ānanam
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 trafficway, and the inside of its mouth is very, very dark, like a cave in a mountain.
TEXT 23
दावोष्णखरवातोऽयं श्वासवद् भाति पश्यत । तद्ग्धसत्त्वदुर्गन्धोऽप्यन्तरामिषगन्धवत् ॥२३॥
dāvoṣṇa-khara-vāto 'yaṁ śvāsavad bhāti paśyata tad-dagdha-sattva-durgandho 'py antar-āmiṣa-gandhavat
dāva-uṣṇa-khara-vātaḥ ayam —hot breath coming out exactly like fire;  śvāsa-vat bhāti paśyata —just see how it resembles his breath;