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אתרי גישרי דרוגנג; ושואר מהאי להאי ומהאי להאי, ונקיט תרי מזגי דחמרא בידיה, ומוריק מהאי להאי ומהאי להאי, ולא נטפא ניטופתא לארעא; ואותו היום ״יעלו שמים ירדו תהומות״ הוה. עד דשמעו בי מלכותא, וקטלוהו.
on the two bridges of the river Rognag, and he jumped from this one to that one, and from that one to this one. And he was holding two cups of wine in his hands and was pouring from this one to that one, and from that one to this one, and not one drop fell to the ground. And that day was stormy, similar to the description in a verse dealing with seafarers: “They mounted up to the heavens, they went down to the deeps; their soul melted away because of trouble” (Psalms 107:26). He continued in this manner until word of his behavior was heard in the house of the king, and they killed him.
אמר רבה: לדידי חזי לי אורזילא בר יומיה, דהוה כהר תבור. והר תבור כמה הוי? ארבע פרסי. ומשאכא דצואריה תלתא פרסי, ובי מרבעתא דרישיה פרסא ופלגא. רמא כופתא, וסכר ליה לירדנא.
Rabba said: I have seen a day-old antelope [urzila] that was as large as Mount Tabor. And how large is Mount Tabor? It is 4 parasangs. And the length of its neck was 3 parasangs, and the place where his head rests was a parasang and a half. It cast feces [kufta] and thereby dammed up the Jordan.
ואמר רבה בר בר חנה: לדידי חזיא לי ההיא אקרוקתא, דהויא כי אקרא דהגרוניא. ואקרא דהגרוניא כמה הויא? שתין בתי. אתא תנינא בלעה. אתא פושקנצא ובלעה לתנינא, וסליק יתיב באילנא. תא חזי כמה נפיש חיליה דאילנא. אמר רב פפא בר שמואל: אי לא הואי התם, לא הימני.
And Rabba bar bar Ḥana said: I have seen a certain frog [akrokta] that was as large as the fort [akra] of Hagronya. And how large is the fort of Hagronya? It is as large as 60 houses. A snake came and swallowed the frog. A raven came and swallowed the snake, and flew up and sat in a tree. Come and see how great is the strength of the tree, which could bear the weight of that raven. Rav Pappa bar Shmuel said: If I had not been there and seen this, I would not believe it.