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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 3.13.14

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 traces Aditi's children to the Devas, Diti's to the Daityas, Danu's to Aśvagrīva, and Kālakā's to Naraka and Kālaka

3.13.14

kālakā ca mahābāho śeṣās tv amanaso 'bhavan
adityāṃ jajñire devās trayastriṃśad ariṃdama

and Kālakā, O mighty-armed one; but the rest were unwilling. From Aditi were born the gods, thirty-three of them, O subduer of foes:

Words: kālakā — Kālakā; ca — and; mahābāho — O mighty-armed one; śeṣās — the rest; tv — but; amanaso — unwilling, disinclined; 'bhavan — were; adityāṃ — from Aditi; jajñire — were born; devās — the gods; trayastriṃśad — thirty-three; ariṃdama — O subduer of foes

Composed by Maharṣi Vālmīki. 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.