Valmiki Ramayana Kishkindha Kanda Sarga 44 Shloka 16
Original Shlokaस तत्प्रकर्षन् हरीणां महद्बलं बभूव वीरः पवनात्मजः कपिः। गताम्बुदे व्योम्नि विशुद्धमण्डलः शशीव नक्षत्रगणोपशोभितः।।4.44.16।।
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English Translation
हरीणाम् of monkeys, महत् great, तत् बलम् that army, प्रकर्षन् being foremost among them, वीरः hero, पवनात्मजः son of the Windgod, सः कपिः that monkey, गताम्बुदे cloudless, व्योम्नि in the sky, नक्षत्रगणोपशोभितः adorned by hosts of stars, शशीव like the Moon, बभूव appeared.
English Commentary
Like the moon adorned by hosts of stars in the cloudless sky, the mighty heroic Hanuman, the great son of the Windgod, shone in the midst of the army of monkeys.