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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 3.13.18

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

3.13.18

tāmrāpi suṣuve kanyāḥ pañcaitā lokaviśrutāḥ
ulūkāñ janayat krauñcī bhāsī bhāsān vyajāyata

Tāmrā too bore these five daughters, renowned throughout the world. Krauñcī gave birth to owls, Bhāsī brought forth the bhāsa birds,

Words: tāmrāpi — Tāmrā too; suṣuve — bore, gave birth to; kanyāḥ — daughters; pañcaitā — these five; lokaviśrutāḥ — renowned throughout the world; ulūkāñ — owls; janayat — gave birth to; krauñcī — Krauñcī; bhāsī — Bhāsī; bhāsān — the bhāsa birds; vyajāyata — brought forth

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.