When   this   greatly   high-souled   king   was   resorted   to   for   paternity
by Lord   Vishnu   Himself,   Lord   Brahma,looking   at   the   pantheon   of   gods   said as   hereunder   (1).

sÏysÓDÞy   v£rÞy   svIxa|   naE   ¢htW¢xN:   .
¢vÝNaE:   shayan¯   b¢ln:   s¦jÒv|   kamã¢pN:   ¡2¡  

sÏysÓDÞy

one who keeps his word

v£rÞy

valorous

svIxa|

to all

n:

of us

¢htW¢xN:

considering our welfare

¢vÝNaE:

to Lord Vishnu

shayan¯

helpers

b¢ln:

strong (powerful)

s¦jÒv|

may you create

kamã¢pN:

capable of assuming the desired form

`In   aid   of   Lord   Vishnu,   who   is   wedded   to   truth,   valiant   and   a   well-wisher of   all   of   us,   may   you   all,   capable   of   assuming   any   form   at   will,arrange to   produce   mighty   companions-at-arms   (2).
 
maya¢vdà   S¥ra|à   vay¤vEgsma¸vE       .
nyMan¯   b¤¢ÑGs|p°an¯   ¢vÝNaEÞt¤Úypra@man¯   ¡3¡

maya¢vd:

wellversed in trickery

c

and

S¥ran¯

valorous

c

and

vay¤vEg

speed of wind

sman¯

equal

jvE

in speed

nyMan¯

accomplished in the laws of the land

b¤¢ÑGs|p°an¯

intellectuals

¢vÝNaE:

to Lord Vishnu

t¤Úy

equal

pra@man¯

valorous

 
As|hayaIn¤payMan¯   ¢dÛys|hnna¢Óvtan¯   .
svaIÞæOg¤Ns|p°anm¦tp#aSna¢nv   ¡4¡

As|hayaIn¯

one who cannot be done away with

upayMan¯

proficient in the techniques of warfare

¢dÛy

celestial

s|hnn

strength to quell

A¢Óvtan¯

endowed with

svI	the entire range of

AÞæOg¤N

qualities of arrows

s|p°an¯

possessing

Am¦t

elixir

p#aSnan¯

having consumed

iv

like

 
AÔsrÞs¤   c   m¤Áyas¤   gÓDv£Na|   tn¥x¤   c   .
yXp°gkÓyas¤   §X¢vïaDr£x¤   c   ¡5¡

AÔsrÞs¤

in the celestial nymphs

c

and

m¤Áyas¤

of the foremost

gÓDv£Na|

of Gandharva women

tn¥x¤

in the bodies

c

and

yX

Yaksha

p°g	the great Serpents

kÓyas¤

in the women

§X

bears

¢vïaDr£x¤

Vidhyadhara women

c

and

 
¢k°r£Na|   c   gaæOEx¤   vanr£Na|   tn¥x¤   c  .
s¦jÒv|   h¢râpEN   p¤æOa|Þt¤Úypra@man¯   ¡6¡

¢k°r£Na|

in the Kinnara ladies

c

and

gaæOEx¤

in the bodies

vanr£Na|

of the monkey women

tn¥x¤

in the bodies

c

and

s¦jÒv|

may you take form

h¢râpEN

in the form of monkeys

p¤æOan¯

sons

t¤Úy

of equal

pra@man¯

valorous ones

 
In   the   physical   form   of   apes,   may   you   be   the   progenitors   of   those   sons   who have   known   about   trickery,   who   are   valiant,   comparable   to   the   wind   in velocity,   well-versed   in   codes   of   conduct,   wise,   equal   in   valour   to   Lord Vishnu,   aware   of   the   ways   to   invincibility,   equal   to   the   gods   in   strength, having   mastered   all   the   secrets   of   arrows,   equal   to   those   who   had   consumed ambrosia   and   of   fitting     courageous   disposition   in   the   womenfolk belonging   to   Apsara,   Gandharva,   Yaksa,   Serpent,   bears,   Vidhyadhara, Kinnara   and   the   ape   species   (3-6).

Note:   Apsaras,   Gandharvas   etc,   are   different   classes   of   semi-divine   beings.
 
p¥vImEv   mya   s¦¾aE   jaØbvan¦Xp¤Äñv:   .
j¦ØBmaNÞy   shsa   mm   v?adjayt   ¡7¡

p¥vI|

long long ago

ev

itself

mya

by me

s¦¾:

created

jaØbvan¯

named Jambhavan

§Xp¤Äñv:

the king of bears

j¦ØBmaNÞy

(when I was) yawning

shsa

quickly

mm

my

v?at¯

from my mouth

Ajayt

issued forth

Long   before   was   created   Jambavan,   the   king   of   bears   by   me,as   he   rose quickly   from   my   mouth,   when   I   was   yawning'   (7).

tE   tTaE³a   Bgvta   tt¯p#¢t½¤Ïy   Sasnm¯   .
jnyamas¤rEv|   tE   p¤æOan¯   vanrã¢pN:   ¡8¡

tE

they

tTa

like that

u³a:	being told

Bgvta

by the Lord

t¯t¯

that

p#¢t½¤Ïy

having heard

Sasnm¯

command

jnyamas¤:

brought forthproduced

ev|

as under

tE

they

p¤æOan¯

sons

vanrã¢pN:

in the form of monkeys

Being   spoken   to   thus   by   the   Lord,   they   accepted   the   instructions   and   caused to   be   born   sons,   in   physical   appearance   as   baboons,   in   the   manner   here below   narrated   (8).
 
§xyà   mhaÏman:   ¢sÑG¢vïaDraErga:   .
carNaà   s¤tan¯   v£ran¯   ss¦j¤vInca¢rN:   ¡9¡

§xy:

sages

c

and

mhaÏman:

noble souls

¢sÑG

Sidha

¢vïaDr

Vidhyadhara

urga:

great serpents

carNa:

Charanas

c

and

s¤tan¯

sons

v£ran¯

courageous

ss¦j¤:

created

vnca¢rN:

moving about in the forest

 
The   high-souled   sages,   Sidhas,Vidhyadharas,   great   serpents     and   Charanas brought   forth   valiant   sons   moving   about   in   the   forest   (9).
 
vanrEÓd#|   mhaBag¢mÓd#aE   va¢lnm¥¢jItm¯   .
  s¤g#£v|     jnyamas   tpnÞtpta|   vr:   ¡10¡

vanrEÓd#|

the foremost among the great apes

mhaBag|

extremely fortunate

iÓd#:

Lord Indra

va¢lnm¥

Vali

U¢jIt|

mighty

s¤g#£v|

Sugriva

jnyamas

brought forth

tpn:

sun

tpta|

of the resplendent

vr:

the best

Indra   created   the   greatly   mighty   and   fortunate   Vali,   the   chief   of   the   apes and   foremost   among   the   coruscating,   the   sun-god   brought   forth   Sugriva   (10).