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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 3.13.30
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
3.13.30
mukhato brāhmaṇā jātā urasaḥ kṣatriyās tathā
ūrubhyāṃ jajñire vaiśyāḥ padbhyāṃ śūdrā iti śrutiḥ
From the mouth the brahmins were born, from the chest likewise the kṣatriyas, from the thighs the vaiśyas came forth, and from the feet the śūdras — so says the sacred tradition.
Words: mukhato — from the mouth; brāhmaṇā — the brahmins; jātā — were born; urasaḥ — from the chest; kṣatriyās — the kṣatriyas; tathā — likewise; ūrubhyāṃ — from the thighs; jajñire — were born; vaiśyāḥ — the vaiśyas; padbhyāṃ — from the feet; śūdrā — the śūdras; iti — thus; śrutiḥ — the sacred tradition, revealed lore
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.