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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 3.13.33

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: the vulture finally identifies himself as Jaṭāyu, the son of Aruṇa and Śyenī and younger brother of Saṃpāti

3.13.33

tasmāj jāto 'ham aruṇāt saṃpātiś ca mamāgrajaḥ
jaṭāyur iti māṃ viddhi śyenīputram ariṃdama

From that Aruṇa I was born, and Saṃpāti my elder brother. Know me as Jaṭāyu, son of Śyenī, O subduer of foes.

Words: tasmāj — from that; jāto — born; 'ham — I; aruṇāt — from Aruṇa; saṃpātiś — Saṃpāti; ca — and; mamāgrajaḥ — my elder brother; jaṭāyur — Jaṭāyu; iti — thus, by name; māṃ — me; viddhi — know; śyenīputram — son of Śyenī; ariṃdama — O subduer of foes

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.