Airavata, taking up cold water from here for the good of the world, gives them to the clouds and the great Indra showers this water as rain.
ऐरावणोऽस्मात् सलिलं गृहीत्वा जगतो हितः। मेघेष्वामुञ्चते शीतं यन्महेन्द्रः प्रवर्षति॥