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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 3.13.28

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

3.13.28

rohiṇy ajanayad gā vai gandharvī vājinaḥ sutān
surasājanayan nāgān rāma kadrūś ca pannagān

Rohiṇī brought forth the cattle, and Gandharvī brought forth for sons the horses; Surasā gave birth to the nāgas, O Rāma, and Kadrū to the serpents.

Words: rohiṇy — Rohiṇī; ajanayad — brought forth, begot; gā — the cattle, cows; vai — indeed; gandharvī — Gandharvī; vājinaḥ — the horses; sutān — as sons; surasājanayan — Surasā brought forth; nāgān — the nāgas (elephants/serpents); rāma — O Rāma; kadrūś — Kadrū; ca — and; pannagān — the serpents

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.