Content | Valmiki Ramayanam

[ At the instance of Brahma, devas procreate different forms of monkey chiefs and bears.]

putratvaṅ tu gatē viṣṇau rājñastasya sumahātmana:.

uvāca dēvatāssarvāssvayambhūrbhagavānidam৷৷1.17.1৷৷

Translation

viṣṇau when Vishnu, sumahātmana: of the high minded, rājña: king's, putratvam filialrelationship, gatē(sati) having become, bhagavān svayambhū: self-born lord, Brahma, sarvā: addressing all, dēvatā: devatas, idam these words, uvāca spoke.

When Visnu had decided to be born as the son of that great king (Dasaratha), the self-born Lord (Brahma), addressed all devatas :