The puissant Mahadeva then made the Malaya mountains the yoke and the great Takshaka the chord for fastening the yoke to the poles and the other creatures about him the bounds of his steeds.
यूपं कृत्वा तु मलयमवनाहं च तक्षकम्॥ योक्त्राङ्गानि च सत्त्वानि कृत्वा