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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 3.13.24

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

3.13.24

tatas tv irāvatīṃ nāma jajñe bhadramadā sutām
tasyās tv airāvataḥ putro lokanātho mahāgajaḥ

Then Bhadramadā bore a daughter named Irāvatī, and her son was Airāvata, the great elephant, guardian of the world.

Words: tatas — then; tv — and; irāvatīṃ — Irāvatī; nāma — by name; jajñe — gave birth to; bhadramadā — Bhadramadā; sutām — a daughter; tasyās — of her; tv — and; airāvataḥ — Airāvata; putro — son; lokanātho — guardian of the world; mahāgajaḥ — the great elephant

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.