प्रतिस्पर्धेते सृक्कभ्यां सव्यासव्ये नगोदरे । तुङ्गशृङ्गालयोऽप्येतास्तद्दंष्ट्राभिश्च पश्यत ॥ २१ ॥
pratispardhete sṛkkabhyāṁ savyāsavye nagodare tuṅga-śṛṅgālayo ’py etās tad-daṁṣṭrābhiś ca paśyata
- 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
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.