सप्तद्वीपसमुद्रायां पृथिव्यां ये प्लवंगमाः॥ वालिसुग्रीवयोरेष एष चक्षरज:पिता। जननी चैष तु हरिरित्येतद्भद्रमस्तु ते॥ यश्चैतच्छ्रावयेद्विद्वान्यश्चैतच्छृणुयान्नरः। सिद्ध्यन्ति तस्य कार्यार्था मनसो हर्षवर्धनाः॥ एतच सर्वं कथितं मया विभो प्रविस्तरेणेह यथार्थतस्तत्। उत्पत्तिरेषा रजनीचराणामुक्ता तथैवेह हरीश्वराणाम्॥
saptadvīpasamudrāyāṃ pṛthivyāṃ ye plavaṃgamāḥ|| vālisugrīvayoreṣa eṣa cakṣaraja:pitā| jananī caiṣa tu harirityetadbhadramastu te|| yaścaitacchrāvayedvidvānyaścaitacchṛṇuyānnaraḥ| siddhyanti tasya kāryārthā manaso harṣavardhanāḥ|| etaca sarvaṃ kathitaṃ mayā vibho pravistareṇeha yathārthatastat| utpattireṣā rajanīcarāṇāmuktā tathaiveha harīśvarāṇām||
English Meaning
All the monkey, residing on earth consisting of seven insular continents and bounded by ocean, came under his subjection. Thus Rkşarajă was both the father and mother of Vali and Sugrīva. may god betide you. The learned who listen to and make others hear this story, conducing to the enhancement of their delight, get all their desires and objects accomplished. I have duty described to you at length all events and have recounted the stories relating to the birth of the Kings of monkeys and Rākşasas.
— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)