Then ascending the Malaya mountain (when) we beheld the abode of Varuna (i.e. the ocean-god), we became sorely grieved, afflicted and dejected and gave up all hopes of life.
ततो मलयमारुह्य पश्यन्तो वरुणालयम्। विषण्णा व्यथिताः खिन्ना निराशा निराशा जीविते भृशम्॥