Canto 1: Bāla-kāṇḍa (Boyhood)Chapter 17: Brahmā Orders the Demigods to Incarnate and Assist RāmaText 1.17.35
Canto 1 - Boyhood
Bāla-kāṇḍa
Chapter 17: Brahmā Orders the Demigods to Incarnate and Assist Rāma
Text 1.17.35
तैरियं पृथिवीशूरैः सपर्वतवनार्णवा।
कीर्णा विविधसंस्थानैर्नानाव्यञ्जनलक्षणैः॥
tair iyaṁ pṛthivī śūraiḥ saparvata-vanārṇavā
kīrṇā vividha-saṁsthānair nānā-vyañjana-lakṣaṇaiḥ
taiḥ = with such; iyam = this; pṛthivī = earth; śūraiḥ = heroes; saparvata-vana-arṇavā = with mountains, forests and oceans; kīrṇā = was filled; vividha-samsthānaiḥ = of various appearances; nānā-vyañjana-lakṣaṇaiḥ = characterized with various extraordinary revealing characteristics.
This earth with mountains, forests and oceans was filled with such heroes characterized with various extraordinary revealing characteristics of various appearances.
The author then describes the full prosperous growth of such assistance to Lord Rāma. The earth was filled with heroes of varied appearances, that is, with various bodies that were large, small, short, tall and so on.