अयं मे केतुमद्वह्निसुन्दरो ज्वलितोऽसितः ।कुठारो दैत्यवृक्षाणां नन्दयन्नन्दकः स्थितः
In plain words
This is my Nandaka, dark, ablaze, beautiful as a burning comet — it stands as the axe upon the trees that are the daityas, and it delights, true to its own name.