He began to yawn, lashing his long tail, which resembled a (sacrificial) pole consecrated to Indra and he roared like thunder.
जृम्भमाणः सुविपुलं शक्रध्वजमिवोच्छ्रितम्। आस्फोटयच्च लाडूलमिन्द्राशनिसमस्वनम्॥