Chapter 104 — Uttara Kanda, Sarga 104

Valmiki Ramayana — Uttara Kanda

Verse 104.5

भोगवन्तं ततो नागमनन्तमुदकेशयम्। मायया जनयित्वा त्वं द्वौ च सत्त्वौ महाबलौ॥ मधुं च कैटभं चैव ययोरस्थिचयैर्वता। इयं पर्वतसंबाधा मेदिनी चाभवत्तदा॥

bhogavantaṃ tato nāgamanantamudakeśayam| māyayā janayitvā tvaṃ dvau ca sattvau mahābalau|| madhuṃ ca kaiṭabhaṃ caiva yayorasthicayairvatā| iyaṃ parvatasaṃbādhā medinī cābhavattadā||

English Meaning

There after you did create the huge-bodied Ananta, living in the waters as the king of serpents. Then you did create two highly powerful Asuras named Madhu and Kaitabha. At that time the bones of those two Asuras having been scattered far and wide this earth containing many mountains was named Medini.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)