तत्र वानरयूथानि सुबहूनि वसन्ति च। बहुरत्नसमाकीर्णा वानरैः कामरूपिभिः॥ पुण्या पुण्यवती दुर्गा चातुर्वर्ण्यपुरस्कृता। विश्वकर्मकृता दिव्या मन्नियोगाय शोभना॥ तत्रःरजसं दृष्ट्वा सपुत्रं वानरर्षभम्। यूथपालान्समाह्वाय यांश्चान्यान्प्राकृतान्हरीन्॥ तेषां संभाव्य सर्वेषां मदीयं जनसंसदि। अभिषेचय राजानमारोप्य महदासने॥ दृष्टमात्राश्च ते सर्वे वानरेण च धीमता। अस्यर्भरजसो नित्यं भविष्यन्ति वशानुगाः॥ इत्येवमुक्ते वचने ब्रह्मणा तं हरीश्वरम्। पुरतः कृत्य दूतोऽसौ प्रययौ तां पुरीं शुभाम्॥ स प्रविश्यानिलगतिस्तां गुहां वानरोत्तमः। स्थापयामास राजानं पितामहनियोगतः॥ राज्याभिषेकविधिना स्नातोऽथाभ्यर्चितस्तथा। स बद्धमुकुटः श्रीमानभिषिक्तः स्वलंकृतः॥ . आज्ञापयामास हरीन्सर्वान्मुदितमानसः।
tatra vānarayūthāni subahūni vasanti ca| bahuratnasamākīrṇā vānaraiḥ kāmarūpibhiḥ|| puṇyā puṇyavatī durgā cāturvarṇyapuraskṛtā| viśvakarmakṛtā divyā manniyogāya śobhanā|| tatraḥrajasaṃ dṛṣṭvā saputraṃ vānararṣabham| yūthapālānsamāhvāya yāṃścānyānprākṛtānharīn|| teṣāṃ saṃbhāvya sarveṣāṃ madīyaṃ janasaṃsadi| abhiṣecaya rājānamāropya mahadāsane|| dṛṣṭamātrāśca te sarve vānareṇa ca dhīmatā| asyarbharajaso nityaṃ bhaviṣyanti vaśānugāḥ|| ityevamukte vacane brahmaṇā taṃ harīśvaram| purataḥ kṛtya dūto'sau prayayau tāṃ purīṃ śubhām|| sa praviśyānilagatistāṃ guhāṃ vānarottamaḥ| sthāpayāmāsa rājānaṃ pitāmahaniyogataḥ|| rājyābhiṣekavidhinā snāto'thābhyarcitastathā| sa baddhamukuṭaḥ śrīmānabhiṣiktaḥ svalaṃkṛtaḥ|| . ājñāpayāmāsa harīnsarvānmuditamānasaḥ|
English Meaning
There live many thousand monkeys besides others assuming shapes at will. It abounds in various jewels, invincible, is inhabited by four Varnas, holy and sacred. At my command Viśvakarmā has constructed the celestials and picturesque city of Kişkindhā. Do you place there Rksaraja, the foremost of monkeys, with his sons; and having invited the leading monkeys and others and received them courteously do you install him on the throne. On beholding this monkey-chief, gifted with intelligence they shall be all subject to hirm." Brahma, having said this, the celestial emissary, with Ķkşarajā before him, proceeded to the highly picturesque city of Kiskindhā. And having entered there with the velocity of the wind, he, at the command of the Patriarch, crowned the leading monkey Řkşarajā as king. And being sprinkled according to the ceremonies of installation, and adorned with a crown and various other ornaments he, with a delighted heart, engaged in governing the monkeys.
— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)