← 3.13.11 · Araṇya Kāṇḍa 13: Jaṭāyu’s offer · 3.13.13 →

Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 3.13.12

Araṇya Kāṇḍa, sarga 13: Jaṭāyu’s offer. Daśaratha’s vulture friend recounts the ancestry of Devas, animals and humankind, identifies his own lineage and offers to guard Sītā

In the sequence: he recounts that Dakṣa had sixty daughters, eight of whom married Kaśyapa: Aditi, Diti, Danu, Kālakā, Tāmrā, Krodhavaśā, Manu, and Analā.

3.13.12

tāmrāṃ krodhavaśāṃ caiva manuṃ cāpy analām api
tās tu kanyās tataḥ prītaḥ kaśyapaḥ punar abravīt

Tāmrā, and Krodhavaśā, and Manu, and also Analā; then Kaśyapa, pleased, spoke again to those maidens:

Words: tāmrāṃ — Tāmrā; krodhavaśāṃ — Krodhavaśā; caiva — and also; manuṃ — Manu; cāpy — and also; analām — Analā; api — also; tās — those; tu — then; kanyās — maidens; tataḥ — then; prītaḥ — pleased; kaśyapaḥ — Kaśyapa; punar — again; abravīt — spoke, said

Composed by Maharṣi Vālmīki, the ādikavi of the ādikāvya: the first poet of the first poem. Sanskrit: The Vālmīki-Rāmāyaṇa: Critical Edition, Oriental Institute, Baroda, 1960–1975 (gen. eds. G. H. Bhatt, U. P. Shah); IAST from GRETIL (Göttingen). Translation and word glosses: Claude Opus 4.6–4.7; summaries and sequences: ChatGPT Astra (machine-made). Numbering follows the Critical Edition, not the vulgate (e.g. Gita Press, valmikiramayan.net), so sarga and verse numbers can differ from those editions.