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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 1.16.19

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.

1.16.19

sūryaputraṃ ca sugrīvaṃ śakraputraṃ ca vālinam
bhrātarāv upatasthus te sarva eva harīśvarāḥ

And all those lords of monkeys attended upon the two brothers — Sugrīva, son of the Sun, and Vālin, son of Śakra (Indra).

Words: sūryaputraṃ — the son of the Sun; ca — and; sugrīvaṃ — Sugrīva; śakraputraṃ — the son of Śakra (Indra); ca — and; vālinam — Vālin; bhrātarāv — the two brothers; upatasthus — attended upon; te — they; sarva — all; eva — indeed; harīśvarāḥ — lords of monkeys

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.