स सागरमनाधृष्यमभ्येत्य वरुणालयम्। जगामाकाशमाविश्य वेगेन गरुडोपमः॥ सेविते वारिधाराभिः पतगैश्च निषेविते। चरिते कैशिकाचायैरैरावतनिषेविते॥ सिंहकुञ्जरशार्दूलपतगोरगवाहनैः। विमानैः सम्पतद्भिश्च विमलैः समलंकृते॥ वज्राशनिसमस्पर्शेः पावकैरिव शोभिते। कृतपुण्यैर्महाभागैः स्वर्गजिद्भिरधिष्ठिते॥ वहता हव्यमत्यन्तं सेविते चित्रभानुना। ग्रहनक्षत्रचन्द्रार्कतारागणविभूषिते॥ महर्षिगणगन्धर्वनागयक्षसमाकुले। विविक्ते विमले विश्वे विश्वावसुनिषेविते॥ देवराजगजाक्रान्तो चन्द्रसूर्यपथे शिवे। विताने जीवलोकस्य वितते ब्रह्मनिर्मिते॥ बहुशः सेविते वीरैर्विद्याधरगणैर्वृते । जगाम वायुमार्गे च गरुत्मानिव मारुतिः॥
sa sāgaramanādhṛṣyamabhyetya varuṇālayam| jagāmākāśamāviśya vegena garuḍopamaḥ|| sevite vāridhārābhiḥ patagaiśca niṣevite| carite kaiśikācāyairairāvataniṣevite|| siṃhakuñjaraśārdūlapatagoragavāhanaiḥ| vimānaiḥ sampatadbhiśca vimalaiḥ samalaṃkṛte|| vajrāśanisamasparśeḥ pāvakairiva śobhite| kṛtapuṇyairmahābhāgaiḥ svargajidbhiradhiṣṭhite|| vahatā havyamatyantaṃ sevite citrabhānunā| grahanakṣatracandrārkatārāgaṇavibhūṣite|| maharṣigaṇagandharvanāgayakṣasamākule| vivikte vimale viśve viśvāvasuniṣevite|| devarājagajākrānto candrasūryapathe śive| vitāne jīvalokasya vitate brahmanirmite|| bahuśaḥ sevite vīrairvidyādharagaṇairvṛte | jagāma vāyumārge ca garutmāniva mārutiḥ||
English Meaning
Then he, resembling the wind in rush, arrived at the irrepressible ocean-abode of Varuņawent on, enveloping the welkin, on the aerial way, visited by showers, ranged by fowls and Gandharvas, graced by the rşis; embellished by shining vehicles rolling on, drawn by lions, or elephants, or tigers, or bird-serpents; presided over by eminently pious and righteous persons who have won the regions of heaven; and therefore appearing as if adorned by the (five) Fires; of the touch of Asani or Havya; (ever) served by Fire bearing sacrificial oblations; garnished by planets and stars and astral luminaries, and the Sun and the Moon; thronged with Maharsis, and Gandharvas and Nāgas, and Yaksas; and pure, and speckless;-the support of the universe-inhabited by Viswavasu; lorded over by the elephants of the king of the celestials; the orbit of the Sun and Moon, endowed with auspiciousness constituting the canopy of this live world blameless; and made by Brahmā; crowded with countless heroes, and Vidyādharas. And the wind-god's son Hanumnān, scattering clouds like the very Wind himself, coursed on in the aerial way like Garuda.
— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)