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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 3.13.21

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: Krodhavaśā's daughters become the ancestors of deer, bears, lions, monkeys, tigers, elephants, cattle, horses, and serpents → among these lines, Bhadramadā's daughter Irāvatī bears Airāvata, while Surabhī's daughters Rohiṇī and Gandharvī bear cattle and horses respectively

3.13.21

daśakrodhavaśā rāma vijajñe 'py ātmasaṃbhavāḥ
mṛgīṃ ca mṛgamandāṃ ca harīṃ bhadramadām api

And Krodhavaśā, O Rāma, bore ten daughters sprung from herself: Mṛgī, and Mṛgamandā, and Harī, and Bhadramadā,

Words: daśakrodhavaśā — Krodhavaśā (bore) ten; rāma — O Rāma; vijajñe — gave birth to; 'py — also; ātmasaṃbhavāḥ — sprung from herself; mṛgīṃ — Mṛgī; ca — and; mṛgamandāṃ — Mṛgamandā; ca — and; harīṃ — Harī; bhadramadām — Bhadramadā; api — also

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.