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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 3.13.22

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

3.13.22

mātaṅgīm atha śārdūlīṃ śvetāṃ ca surabhīṃ tathā
sarvalakṣaṇasaṃpannāṃ surasāṃ kadrukām api

then Mātaṅgī, and Śārdūlī, and Śvetā, and Surabhī likewise, and Surasā endowed with every auspicious mark, and Kadrū also.

Words: mātaṅgīm — Mātaṅgī; atha — then; śārdūlīṃ — Śārdūlī; śvetāṃ — Śvetā; ca — and; surabhīṃ — Surabhī; tathā — likewise; sarvalakṣaṇasaṃpannāṃ — endowed with every auspicious mark; surasāṃ — Surasā; kadrukām — Kadrū; 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.