Canto 1: Bāla-kāṇḍa (Boyhood)Chapter 17: Brahmā Orders the Demigods to Incarnate and Assist RāmaText 1.17.30
Canto 1 - Boyhood
Bāla-kāṇḍa
Chapter 17: Brahmā Orders the Demigods to Incarnate and Assist Rāma
Text 1.17.30
ते प्रधानेषु यूथेषु हरीणां हरियूथपाः।
बभूवुर्यूथपश्रेष्ठो वीरांश्चाजनयन्हरीन्॥
te pradhāneṣu yūtheṣu harīṇāṁ hari-yūthapāḥ
babhūvur yūthapa-śreṣṭho vīrāṁś harīn ca ajanayan
te = the; pradhāneṣu = of the chief; yūtheṣu = groups; harīṇām = of monkeys; hari-yūthapāḥ = leaders of monkeys [from Sugrīva to Suṣeṇa]; babhūvuḥ = became; yūthapa-śreṣṭhāḥ = chiefs of the leaders; vīrān = to heroic; ajanayan = they gave birth; harīn ca = monkeys.
The chief monkeys from Sugrīva to Suṣeṇa were chiefs of chiefs of monkeys. They gave birth to heroic monkeys.