Shloka 21
च्यवन-यज्ञे अश्विनोः सोमग्रहण-विवादः
Cyavana’s Sacrifice and the Aśvins’ Soma Dispute
हनुरेका स्थिता त्वस्य भूमावेका दिवं गता । चतस्त्रश्नायता दंष्टा योजनानां शतं शतम्
hanur ekā sthitā tv asya bhūmāv ekā divaṃ gatā | catastraś cāyatā daṃṣṭrā yojanānāṃ śataṃ śatam ||
Lomaśa disse: “Uma de suas mandíbulas repousava sobre a terra, enquanto a outra se erguia até o céu. Seus quatro colmilhos estendidos mediam, cada um, cem yojanas.”
लोगश उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse cultivates a sense of awe (vismaya) by portraying a being of immeasurable magnitude, reminding the listener that human pride and ordinary measures are limited before the vastness of the world described in the epic.
Lomaśa is describing an enormous figure: one jaw is on the ground while the other reaches the sky, and the four tusks are said to extend a hundred yojanas each—an epic hyperbole to convey terrifying, otherworldly scale.