इदं च तथ्यं शृणु मे ब्रुवन्त्या वै हरीश्वर। स्वयं स्वयम्भुवा दत्तं वरदानं यथा मम ॥
idaṃ ca tathyaṃ śṛṇu me bruvantyā vai harīśvara| svayaṃ svayambhuvā dattaṃ varadānaṃ yathā mama ||
English Meaning
Listen to this narration, which I, O foremost of monkeys, deliver to you; as to how the selfcreate Himself conferred a boon on me.
— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)