Indeed, all the gods with Vasava seemed to stand at the root of that great Asura's tongue, as fishes when they enter into the wide open mouth of a leviathan.
जिह्वामूले स्थितास्तस्य सर्वे देवाः सवासवाः। तिमेरास्यमनुप्राप्ता यथा मत्स्या महार्णवे॥