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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 1.16.13

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: they fight with rocks, trees, claws, and teeth and possess the strength to shake mountains, churn the sea, tear the earth, leap the ocean, and seize clouds

1.16.13

śilāpraharaṇāḥ sarve sarve pādapayodhinaḥ
nakhadaṃṣṭrāyudhāḥ sarve sarve sarvāstrakovidāḥ

All had rocks for weapons, all fought with trees; all had claws and fangs for weapons, all were skilled in every weapon.

Words: śilāpraharaṇāḥ — having rocks for weapons; sarve — all; sarve — all; pādapayodhinaḥ — fighting with trees; nakhadaṃṣṭrāyudhāḥ — having claws and fangs for weapons; sarve — all; sarve — all; sarvāstrakovidāḥ — skilled in every weapon

Composed by Maharṣi Vālmīki. 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.