Chapter 17 — Bala Kanda, Sarga 17

Valmiki Ramayana — Bala Kanda

Verse 17.16

ऋक्षीषु च तथा जाता वानराः किन्नरीषु च। देवा महर्षिगन्धर्वास्तार्क्ष्ययक्षा यशस्विनः॥ नागाः किंपुरुषाश्चैव सिद्धविद्याधरोरगाः। बहवो जनयामासुहृष्टास्तत्र सहस्रशः॥

ṛkṣīṣu ca tathā jātā vānarāḥ kinnarīṣu ca| devā maharṣigandharvāstārkṣyayakṣā yaśasvinaḥ|| nāgāḥ kiṃpuruṣāścaiva siddhavidyādharoragāḥ| bahavo janayāmāsuhṛṣṭāstatra sahasraśaḥ||

English Meaning

Likewise, on Rksis and Kinnaris were gladly begot thousands upon thousands of monkeys, by the gods, Maharsis, Gandharvas, Tarksyas, and famous Yaksas, Nagas, and Kimpurusas (beings half-man and half-beast) Siddhas, Vidyadharas, and Uragas.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)