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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 3.13.20

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

3.13.20

cakravākāṃś ca bhadraṃ te vijajñe sāpi bhāminī
śukī natāṃ vijajñe tu natāyā vinatā sutā

and cakravāka geese too — blessings on you! — that lovely one also bore; and Śukī gave birth to Natā, and Natā's daughter was Vinatā.

Words: cakravākāṃś — cakravāka geese; ca — and; bhadraṃ te — blessings on you (may it be well with you); vijajñe — gave birth to; sāpi — she too; bhāminī — the lovely lady; śukī — Śukī; natāṃ — Natā; vijajñe — gave birth to; tu — and; natāyā — of Natā; vinatā — Vinatā; sutā — the daughter

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.