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ŚB 10.12.21

Devanagari

प्रतिस्पर्धेते सृक्कभ्यां सव्यासव्ये नगोदरे ।
तुङ्गश‍ृङ्गालयोऽप्येतास्तद्दंष्ट्राभिश्च पश्यत ॥ २१ ॥

Text

pratispardhete sṛkkabhyāṁ
savyāsavye nagodare
tuṅga-śṛṅgālayo ’py etās
tad-daṁṣṭrābhiś ca paśyata

Synonyms

pratispardhete — just resembling; sṛkkabhyām — with the corners of the mouth; savya-asavye — left and right; naga-udare — caves of a mountain; tuṅga-śṛṅga-ālayaḥ — the high mountain peaks; api — although it is so; etāḥ tat-daṁṣṭrābhiḥ — they resemble the teeth of the animal; ca — and; paśyata — just see.

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.