That lord of the Malaya mountains, that prince (Pandya) well versed in fighting upon he back of the elephant, ascended, with great activity, that foremost of elephants, resembling the summit of a mountain and also proceeding towards him; even as a lion, roaring most loudly, ascents the peak of a mountain.
तं वारणं वारणयुद्धकोविदो द्विपोत्तमं पर्वतसानुसंनिभम्। समभ्यतिष्ठन्मलयध्वजस्त्वरन् यथाद्रिशृङ्गं हरिरुन्नदंस्तथा॥