Chapter 17 — Bala Kanda, Sarga 17

Valmiki Ramayana — Bala Kanda

Verse 17.3

अप्सरःसु च मुख्यासु गन्धर्वीणां यक्षपन्नगकन्यासु ऋक्षविद्याधरीषु च ॥ किन्नरीषां च गात्रेषु वानरीणां तनूषु च। सृजध्वं हरिरूपेण पुत्रांस्तुल्यपराक्रमान्॥

apsaraḥsu ca mukhyāsu gandharvīṇāṃ yakṣapannagakanyāsu ṛkṣavidyādharīṣu ca || kinnarīṣāṃ ca gātreṣu vānarīṇāṃ tanūṣu ca| sṛjadhvaṃ harirūpeṇa putrāṃstulyaparākramān||

English Meaning

And from forth the bodies of the foremost Apsaras, Gandharvis, Yaksis, and Pannagis, Rks is (She-bears) and Vidhyādharis, Kinnaris and Vānaris (She-monkeys) do you produce sons wearing the shapes of monkeys.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)