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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 3.13.29

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: Manu bears humankind and Analā the fruit-bearing trees

3.13.29

manur manuṣyāñ janayat kaśyapasya mahātmanaḥ
brāhmaṇān kṣatriyān vaiśyāñ śūdrāṃś ca manujarṣabha

Manu, wife of the great-souled Kaśyapa, brought forth the human beings — brahmins, kṣatriyas, vaiśyas, and śūdras, O bull among men.

Words: manur — Manu; manuṣyāñ — human beings; janayat — brought forth; kaśyapasya — of Kaśyapa; mahātmanaḥ — the great-souled; brāhmaṇān — brahmins; kṣatriyān — kṣatriyas (warriors); vaiśyāñ — vaiśyas (merchants); śūdrāṃś — śūdras (servants); ca — and; manujarṣabha — O bull among men

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.