Devanagari scriptप्राप्तवांस् तत् पदं दिव्यं महाप्रलयकारणम् पुरुषेशम् इति ख्यातं वटराजं सनातनम् //
Translationഇവിടെ ശ്ലോകസംഖ്യ 17; മൂലപാഠമില്ലാതെ ഭാവാർത്ഥം നിർണ്ണയിക്കാനാവില്ല, അതിനാൽ വിവർത്തനം സാധ്യമല്ല।
Word by Wordprāptavānhaving attained / having reached mahāpralayakāraṇamthe cause of the great dissolution puruṣeśamLord of beings / Supreme Person vaṭarājamking of banyan trees (the great banyan) 
SpeakerNarrative voice; the subject is a muni/sage (explicit in the next verse)