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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 3.13.15

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

3.13.15

ādityā vasavo rudrā aśvinau ca paraṃtapa
ditis tv ajanayat putrān daityāṃs tāta yaśasvinaḥ

the Ādityas, the Vasus, the Rudras, and the two Aśvins, O scorcher of foes; but Diti brought forth sons, the illustrious Daityas, my child.

Words: ādityā — the Ādityas; vasavo — the Vasus; rudrā — the Rudras; aśvinau — the two Aśvins; ca — and; paraṃtapa — O scorcher of foes; ditis — Diti; tv — but; ajanayat — brought forth, begot; putrān — sons; daityāṃs — the Daityas; tāta — my child, dear one; yaśasvinaḥ — the illustrious ones

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.