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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 3.13.17

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: Tāmrā's daughters give rise to the bird families: Krauñcī to owls, Bhāsī to bhāsa birds, Śyenī to hawks and vultures, and Dhṛtarāṣṭrī to geese and other waterbirds → through Śukī and her daughter Natā comes Vinatā

3.13.17

narakaṃ kālakaṃ caiva kālakāpi vyajāyata
krauñcīṃ bhāsīṃ tathā śyenīṃ dhṛtarāṣṭrīṃ tathā śukīm

And Kālakā too gave birth to Naraka and Kālaka; and Tāmrā to Krauñcī, Bhāsī, and Śyenī, Dhṛtarāṣṭrī, and Śukī.

Words: narakaṃ — Naraka; kālakaṃ — Kālaka; caiva — and also; kālakāpi — Kālakā too; vyajāyata — gave birth; krauñcīṃ — Krauñcī; bhāsīṃ — Bhāsī; tathā — and, likewise; śyenīṃ — Śyenī; dhṛtarāṣṭrīṃ — Dhṛtarāṣṭrī; tathā — likewise; śukīm — Śukī

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.