आस्तृतायाममार्गोऽयं रसनां प्रतिगर्जति । एषामन्तर्गतं ध्वान्तमेतदप्यन्तराननम् ॥ २२ ॥
āstṛtāyāma-mārgo ’yaṁ rasanāṁ pratigarjati eṣāṁ 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
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.