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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 3.13.25

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

3.13.25

haryāś ca harayo 'patyaṃ vānarāś ca tapasvinaḥ
golāṅgūlāṃś ca śārdūlī vyāghrāṃś cājanayat sutān

The offspring of Harī were the tawny lions and the monkeys, ascetics; and Śārdūlī bore for sons the langurs and the tigers.

Words: haryāś — of Harī; ca — and; harayo — the tawny (lions/monkeys); 'patyaṃ — offspring; vānarāś — the monkeys; ca — and; tapasvinaḥ — ascetics, austere ones; golāṅgūlāṃś — the langurs (cow-tailed monkeys); ca — and; śārdūlī — Śārdūlī; vyāghrāṃś — tigers; cājanayat — and brought forth; sutān — as sons

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.