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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 3.13.16

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

3.13.16

teṣām iyaṃ vasumatī purāsīt savanārṇavā
danus tv ajanayat putram aśvagrīvam ariṃdama

Theirs was this earth of old, with its forests and oceans; but Danu brought forth a son, Aśvagrīva, O subduer of foes.

Words: teṣām — of them, theirs; iyaṃ — this; vasumatī — the earth (rich in treasure); purāsīt — was of old; savanārṇavā — with its forests and oceans; danus — Danu; tv — but; ajanayat — brought forth, begot; putram — a son; aśvagrīvam — Aśvagrīva; ariṃdama — O subduer of foes

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.