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ŚB 10.12.22

आस्तृतायाममार्गोऽयं रसनां प्रतिगर्जति ।
एषामन्तर्गतं ध्वान्तमेतदप्यन्तराननम् ॥ २२ ॥
āstṛtāyāma-mārgo ’yaṁ
rasanāṁ pratigarjati
eṣāṁ antar-gataṁ dhvāntam
etad apy antar-ānanam

Synonyms

āstṛta-āyāmathe length and breadth; mārgaḥ ayama broad way; rasanāmthe tongue; pratigarjatiresembles; eṣām antaḥ-gatamon the inside of the mountains; dhvāntamdarkness; etatthis; apiindeed; antaḥ-ānanamthe 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.