Canto 1: Bāla-kāṇḍa (Boyhood)Chapter 17: Brahmā Orders the Demigods to Incarnate and Assist RāmaText 1.17.31
Canto 1 - Boyhood
Bāla-kāṇḍa
Chapter 17: Brahmā Orders the Demigods to Incarnate and Assist Rāma
Text 1.17.31
अन्ये ऋक्षवतः प्रस्थानुपतस्थुः सहस्रशः।
अन्ये नानाविधाञ्शैलान्काननानि च भेजिरे॥
anye ṛkṣavataḥ prasthān upatasthuḥ sahasraśaḥ
anye nānā-vidhāñ śailān kānanāni ca bhejire
anye = others; ṛkṣavataḥ = of Mountain Ṛkṣavān; prasthān = the summits; upatasthuḥ = took shelter of; sahasraśaḥ = by the thousands; anye = yet others; nānā-vidhān = of various kinds; śailān = in mountains; kānanāni = forest; ca = and; bhejire = took residence.
Others, by the thousands, took shelter of the summits of Mountain Ṛkṣavān. Yet others took residence in mountains of other kinds and forests.