Then he saw the regions about the Mandara mountains, regions that abounded in trees bearing blossoms and fruits; that were covered with pebbles and transparent crystals, that were infested with lions and tigers; that abounded in many other animals, that contained many sacred hermitages; that were charming; that there frequented by beautiful birds and that ever rang with the melodious songs of the Kinnaras.
सदा पुष्पफलैर्वृक्षरुपेतां स्फटिकोपलाम्। सिंहव्याघ्रसमाकीर्णो नानामृगसमाकुलाम्॥ पुण्याश्रमवती रम्यां मनोज्ञाण्डजसेविताम्। मन्दरस्य प्रदेशांश्च किन्नरोद्गीतनादितान्॥