# SB 10.12.21 > 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.**