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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 3.13.27

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

3.13.27

tato duhitarau rāma surabhir devy ajāyata
rohiṇīṃ nāma bhadraṃ te gandharvīṃ ca yaśasvinīm

Then, O Rāma, the goddess Surabhī gave birth to two daughters — blessings on you! — one named Rohiṇī and the illustrious Gandharvī.

Words: tato — then; duhitarau — two daughters; rāma — O Rāma; surabhir — Surabhī; devy — the goddess; ajāyata — gave birth, was born to; rohiṇīṃ — Rohiṇī; nāma — by name; bhadraṃ te — blessings on you; gandharvīṃ — Gandharvī; ca — and; yaśasvinīm — the illustrious one

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.