When Vishnu had accepted the son-ship of that high-souled king, the self-create Lord addressed the celestials saying – “For assisting the heroic Vishnu, firm in promise, always seeking the welfare of us all, do ye create powerful beings, assuming shapes at will, cognizant of illusions, heroic, furnished with celerity of the wind, versed in morality, possessing intelligence, like unto Vishnu in prowess, unslayable, knowing the ways and means of war and peace, gifted with excellent bodies, capable of resisting all weapons and resembling immortals. And from forth the bodies of Apsaris and Gandharvis, and Yakshis, and Pannagis and Rikshis and Vidyadharis and Kinnaris and Vanaris, do ye produce sons wearing the shapes of monkeys. Formerly, I had created the foremost of bears, Jambuvanta, who suddenly came out of my mouth when I was yawning.” Hearing this mandate of his possessing of the six attributes, they began to produce sons endowed with monkey forms. And high souled ascetics and siddhas and vidhyadharas and uragas and charanas generated heroic sons- rangers of wood. And Indra begat as his son, the foremost of monkeys, Vali, resembling the mahendra hill. The best of those imparting heat, the Sun, begat a son, Sugriva. And Brihaspathi begat a son named Taara, the most excellent and intelligent of the prime monkeys. And the bestower of riches begat as his son the graceful ape Gandhamaadana and Vishwakarma begat the mighty monkey named Nala and Agni begat his son, the powerful and graceful Nila in efflugence like unto the fire, who surpassed even his sire in energy, prowess and renown. And the beautiful Ashwini twins endowed with the wealth of loveliness begat Maindra and Dwivida. Varuna begat the monkey named Sushena; and Paryyanya begat Sarava, possessed of great strength. And the wind got begat the graceful monkey named Hanuman, endeued with a frame hard as adamant, in fleetness like unto Vinata’s offspring and most intelligent as well as the most powerful amongst all the principal monkeys. Thus produced, there suddenly came into being by thousands, mighty bears, monkeys and Gopuchakkas of immeasurable strength and heroic and powerful, assuming shapes at will, endowed with bodies resembling elephants of hills – even those who would engage in the compassing of the destruction of the Ten-headed one. And the sons of deities retained distinctly the respective hues, forms and prowess that characterized their several sires. And those that sprang from the Golangulas possessed even more than the might of the gods. Likewise, on Rikshis and Kinnaris were gladly begot thousands upon thousands of monkeys, by gods, and maharshis, and Gandharvas, and Tarkshyas, and famous Yakshas, and Nagas, and Kimpurushas, and siddhas and vidyadharas, and uragas. And upon the principal of apsaris and the vidyadharis and the daughters of the nagas and the gandharvis were begot by the chaaranas as sons, heroic monkeys of gigantic bodies, ranging the forests and living on fruits and roots. And all these monkeys were endowed with strength and could assume shapes and repair everywhere, at will. And they were unto lions and tigers, both in pride and in prowess. And they fought with crags and hurled hills. And they fought with nails and teeth and were accomplished in all weapons. They could move the largest of hills; crush the fixed trees and with their impetus vex the lord of rivers – the Ocean. And they could with their kicks rend the earth and swim over the mighty main. And they could penetrate into the welkin and capture the clouds. And they could subdue mad elephants ranging the forest. And with their roars they could bring down birds singing. Thus came into being “Kotis” of high-souled leaders of monkey herds assuming forms at will. And these became the leaders of the principal monkey-herds; and they in their turn, generated heroic monkeys, and the foremost leaders of the herds. Some of these monkeys began to dwell on the top of the Rikshavana mountain; while others inhabited various other mountains and forests. And all the leaders of the monkey-herds stayed with those brothers, - Sugriva, the son of the fire god Sun, and Vaali, that of Indra, and also with Nala and Nila and Hanuman and other leaders of the monkey-herds. And endowed with the might of Garura and accomplished in fight, they ranges around pounding lions and tigers and the mighty uragas. And the mighty armed Vali of great prowess and redoubtable strength protected by the virtue of his energy of his arms Rikshas and Gopucchakas and monkeys. And this earth, furnished with mountains, and forests and oceans, began to teem with those heroic lords of monkey-herds, inhabiting different places, bearing characteristic marks, resembling masses of clouds or mountain peaks, possessed of mighty strength, and of terrible bodies and visages, - in order that they might assist Raama. Source : Ramayana (Baala Kaanda)
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