Son of the Wind, ’tis thine to share
The might of him who shakes the air;
And,—for he loves his offspring,—he
Is honoured when I honour thee.
Of yore, when Krita’s age was new,
The little hills and mountains flew
Where’er they listed, borne on wings
More rapid than the feathered king’s.
In plain words: The mountain says Hanuman shares the strength of his father, the Wind God, and honouring the son also honours the father. Then it begins a story: long ago, in the first age, mountains had wings and flew wherever they liked.