व्यवसायं च तं बुद्ध्वा स होवाच महागिरिः॥ पुत्रेति मधुरां वाणीं मनः प्रह्लादयन्निव। पितृव्यं चापि मां विद्धि सखायं मातरिश्वनः॥ मैनाकमिति विख्यातं निवसन्तं महोदधौ। पक्षवन्तः पुरा तत्र बभूवुः पर्वतोत्तमाः॥
vyavasāyaṃ ca taṃ buddhvā sa hovāca mahāgiriḥ|| putreti madhurāṃ vāṇīṃ manaḥ prahlādayanniva| pitṛvyaṃ cāpi māṃ viddhi sakhāyaṃ mātariśvanaḥ|| mainākamiti vikhyātaṃ nivasantaṃ mahodadhau| pakṣavantaḥ purā tatra babhūvuḥ parvatottamāḥ||
English Meaning
Seeing his own condition, that mighty mountain, gladdening my heart, addressed me with the sweet speech, 'O son, know me for your uncle. I am a friend to the Wind, famed as Maināka, and living in the great deep. Formerly all the foremost mountains were furnished with wings.
— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)