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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 1.16.8

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: the Devas obey, joined by ṛṣis, siddhas, vidyādharas, uragas and cāraṇas

1.16.8

ṛṣayaś ca mahātmānaḥ siddhavidyādharoragāḥ
cāraṇāś ca sutān vīrān sasṛjur vanacāriṇaḥ

And the great-souled seers, the siddhas, vidyādharas and serpents, and the cāraṇas begot heroic sons who ranged the forests.

Words: ṛṣayaś — the seers; ca — and; mahātmānaḥ — great-souled; siddhavidyādharoragāḥ — the siddhas, vidyādharas and serpents; cāraṇāś — the cāraṇas (celestial bards); ca — and; sutān — sons; vīrān — heroic; sasṛjur — begot, created; vanacāriṇaḥ — ranging the forests

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.