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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 3.13.19

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

3.13.19

śyenī śyenāṃś ca gṛdhrāṃś ca vyajāyata sutejasaḥ
dhṛtarāṣṭrī tu haṃsāṃś ca kalahaṃsāṃś ca sarvaśaḥ

and Śyenī brought forth hawks and vultures of great vigor; and Dhṛtarāṣṭrī bore geese and all the kalahaṃsa waterfowl,

Words: śyenī — Śyenī; śyenāṃś — hawks; ca — and; gṛdhrāṃś — vultures; ca — and; vyajāyata — brought forth; sutejasaḥ — of great vigor; dhṛtarāṣṭrī — Dhṛtarāṣṭrī; tu — but, and; haṃsāṃś — geese, swans; ca — and; kalahaṃsāṃś — the kalahaṃsa waterfowl; ca — and; sarvaśaḥ — in every kind, wholly

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.