ततस्तु मारुतप्रख्यः स हरिर्मारुतात्मजः। आरुरोह नगश्रेष्ठं महेन्द्रमरिमर्दनः॥ वृतं नानाविधैः पुष्पैर्मृगसेवितशाद्वलम्। लताकुसुमसम्बाधं नित्यपुष्पफलद्रुमम्॥ सिंहशार्दूलसहितं मत्तमातङ्गसेवितम्। मत्तद्विजगणोद्धृष्टं सलिलोत्पीडसंकुलम्॥ महद्भिरुच्छ्रितः शृङ्गैर्महेन्द्रस्य महाबलः। विचचार हरिश्रेष्ठो महेन्द्रसमविक्रमः।॥
tatastu mārutaprakhyaḥ sa harirmārutātmajaḥ| āruroha nagaśreṣṭhaṃ mahendramarimardanaḥ|| vṛtaṃ nānāvidhaiḥ puṣpairmṛgasevitaśādvalam| latākusumasambādhaṃ nityapuṣpaphaladrumam|| siṃhaśārdūlasahitaṃ mattamātaṅgasevitam| mattadvijagaṇoddhṛṣṭaṃ salilotpīḍasaṃkulam|| mahadbhirucchritaḥ śṛṅgairmahendrasya mahābalaḥ| vicacāra hariśreṣṭho mahendrasamavikramaḥ|||
English Meaning
Then he equalling the Wind, that monkey, the son of the Wind-god, pounder of enemies, ascended that best of mountains, Mahendra; covered with with various trees and flowers, furnished with swards; ranged by deer; containing plants and blossoms with trees bearing fruits and flowers daily; having tigers and lions and infuriated elephants; swarming with maddened birds; and abounding with fountains. Ascending (Mahendra), that foremost of monkeys endued with exceeding strength, and resembling Mahendra himself in prowess, began to range from one mighty summit to another.
— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)