dharÄdharoṣṭho jaladottaroṣṭho
dary-ÄnanÄnto giri-śṛṅga-daá¹á¹£á¹­raḥ
dhvÄntÄntar-Äsyo vitatÄdhva-jihvaḥ
paruá¹£Änila-Å›vÄsa-daveká¹£aṇoṣṇaḥ

 dharÄ - on the surface of the globe; adhara-oṣṭhaḥ - whose lower lip; jalada-uttara-oṣṭhaḥ - whose upper lip was touching the clouds; darÄ«-Änana-antaḥ - whose mouth was expanded very widely like a mountain cave; giri-śṛṅga - like a mountain peak; daá¹á¹£á¹­raḥ - whose teeth; dhvÄnta-antaḥ-Äsyaḥ - within whose mouth the atmosphere was as dark as possible; vitata-adhva-jihvaḥ - whose tongue was like a broad way; paruá¹£a-anila-Å›vÄsa - whose breath was like a warm wind; dava-Ä«ká¹£aṇa-uṣṇaḥ - and whose glance was like flames of fire.


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His lower lip rested on the surface of the earth, and his upper lip was touching the clouds in the sky. The borders of his mouth resembled the sides of a big cave in a mountain, and the middle of his mouth was as dark as possible. His tongue resembled a broad traffic-way, his breath was like a warm wind, and his eyes blazed like fire.

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