Thereupon the gods and the Gandharvas felt to extolling the slayer of Madhu, saying, “You are the way of all beings, of the celestials in especial. do you, O mighty-armed one, protect us, and recover the mountain.'
ततो देवाः सगन्धर्वास्तुष्टवुर्मधुसूदनम्। त्वं गतिः सर्वभूतानां विशेषेण दिवौकसाम् ॥ पालयास्मान् महाबाहो गिरिमुद्धर्तुमर्हसि।