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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 1.16.11

Bāla Kāṇḍa, sarga 16: The Devas beget Rāma’s future allies. Brahmā directs the Devas to beget powerful helpers, their monkey-shaped sons inherit divine qualities and gather around Vālin & Sugrīva

In the sequence: thousands of mighty bears, monkeys, and langurs are born for Rāvaṇa's destruction, each inheriting the qualities of his divine parent

1.16.11

yasya devasya yad rūpaṃ veṣo yaś ca parākramaḥ
ajāyata samastena tasya tasya sutaḥ pṛthak

Whatever form, garb and prowess belonged to each god, the son of each was born, severally, endowed with the whole of it.

Words: yasya — of which; devasya — god; yad — which; rūpaṃ — form; veṣo — garb, appearance; yaś — which; ca — and; parākramaḥ — prowess; ajāyata — was born; samastena — with the whole, entirely; tasya tasya — of each respective; sutaḥ — son; pṛthak — severally, each apart

Composed by Maharṣi Vālmīki, the ādikavi of the ādikāvya: the first poet of the first poem. Sanskrit: The Vālmīki-Rāmāyaṇa: Critical Edition, Oriental Institute, Baroda, 1960–1975 (gen. eds. G. H. Bhatt, U. P. Shah); IAST from GRETIL (Göttingen). Translation and word glosses: Claude Opus 4.6–4.7; summaries and sequences: ChatGPT Astra (machine-made). Numbering follows the Critical Edition, not the vulgate (e.g. Gita Press, valmikiramayan.net), so sarga and verse numbers can differ from those editions.