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114
Padma Purana
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He quickly went there and fell to the ground. Where the sages, the aerial beings, reside. ||239|| Seeing the monkey trembling and wounded, the sages, who knew the state of the world, felt compassion. ||240|| They taught him the five prostrations, along with the renunciation of all possessions, and the wealth of austerities, which are accompanied by righteous giving. ||241|| Then, abandoning his deformed monkey form, he became the Mahoudadhi Kumar, a celestial being with a magnificent form, in an instant. ||242|| Then, as the celestial being was about to kill the other monkeys, the Mahoudadhi Kumar, knowing his past life, arrived there. He worshipped his former body. ||243|| Seeing the group of monkeys being killed by cruel men, he, with the power of his karma, created a great army of monkeys. ||244|| Their mouths were terrible with sharp fangs, their brows were furrowed, their color was like red ochre, and they made fearsome sounds. ||245|| Some were lifting mountains in their hands, some were uprooting trees, some were pounding the earth with their hands, and others were shaking the earth. ||246|| Their bodies were filled with the weight of anger, making them appear like the great Rudra, and they were leaping far and wide. These magical monkeys, filled with rage, spoke to the monkey king, the celestial being, Vidhyutkesh, who was filled with delusion. ||247|| "Stop, stop, you wicked one! You are now in the grip of death. O sinner! Having killed the monkey, where will you go for refuge now?" ||248|| Saying this, they filled the entire sky with their hands, which held mountains, so much so that even a needle could not be seen. ||249|| Then, filled with wonder, Vidhyutkesh thought, "This is not the power of the monkeys, it must be something else." ||250|| Then, abandoning hope for his body, Vidhyutkesh, the wise in the science of ethics, spoke to the monkeys with sweet words and humility. ||251|| "O virtuous ones! Tell me, who are you? Your bodies are shining brightly. This power of yours does not seem to be the natural power of monkeys." ||252||