“Stretch, wider stretch thy jaws,” exclaimed
The Vánar chief, to ire inflamed;
And, as the Rákshas near him drew,
Ten leagues in height his stature grew.
Then straight, her threatening jaws between,
A gulf of twenty leagues was seen.
In plain words: Angry, Hanuman dares her to open her jaws wider and grows ten leagues tall. Her mouth opens to twenty leagues wide.