Canto 1: Bāla-kāṇḍa (Boyhood)Chapter 17: Brahmā Orders the Demigods to Incarnate and Assist RāmaText 1.17.9
Canto 1 - Boyhood
Bāla-kāṇḍa
Chapter 17: Brahmā Orders the Demigods to Incarnate and Assist Rāma
Text 1.17.9
ऋषयश्च महात्मानः सिद्धविद्याधरोरगाः।
चारणाश्च सुतान्वीरान्ससृजुर्वनचारिणः॥
ṛṣayaś ca mahātmānaḥ siddha-vidyādharoragāḥ
cāraṇāś ca sutān vīrān sasṛjur vana-cāriṇaḥ
ṛṣayaḥ ca = sages; mahā-ātmānaḥ = great-souled; siddha-vidyādhara-uragāḥ = siddhas, vidyādharas, snakes; cāraṇāḥ ca = and cāraṇas; sutān = sons; vīrān = to heroic; sasṛjuḥ = gave birth; vana-cāriṇaḥ = in the form of forest-dwelling monkeys.
Great-souled sages, siddhas, vidyādharas, snakes and cāraṇas gave birth to heroic sons in the form of forest-dwelling monkeys.