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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 1.16.9

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

1.16.9

te sṛṣṭā bahusāhasrā daśagrīvavadhodyatāḥ
aprameyabalā vīrā vikrāntāḥ kāmarūpiṇaḥ

Created in their many thousands, bent on the slaying of the Ten-necked one (Rāvaṇa), of immeasurable strength, heroic, valiant, able to take any form,

Words: te — they; sṛṣṭā — created; bahusāhasrā — in many thousands; daśagrīvavadhodyatāḥ — bent on the slaying of the Ten-necked one; aprameyabalā — of immeasurable strength; vīrā — heroic; vikrāntāḥ — valiant; kāmarūpiṇaḥ — able to take any form

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.