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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 1.16.18

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: their leaders multiply, settle on Ṛkṣavat and other mountains and in forests, and gather around Sugrīva, son of the Sun, and Vālin, son of Indra → the earth fills with these future allies of Rāma.

1.16.18

anye ṛkṣavataḥ prasthān upatasthuḥ sahasraśaḥ
anye nānāvidhāñ śailān kānanāni ca bhejire

Some in their thousands took station on the tablelands of Mount Ṛkṣavat; others resorted to mountains of various kinds and to the forests.

Words: anye — some, others; ṛkṣavataḥ — of Ṛkṣavat (mountain); prasthān — the tablelands, plateaus; upatasthuḥ — attended, took station at; sahasraśaḥ — in thousands; anye — others; nānāvidhāñ — of various kinds; śailān — mountains; kānanāni — forests; ca — and; bhejire — resorted to, took to

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.