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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 3.13.4

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 bird gently identifies himself as their father's friend → Rāma honors him and asks his name and lineage

3.13.4

sa taṃ pitṛsakhaṃ buddhvā pūjayām āsa rāghavaḥ
sa tasya kulam avyagram atha papraccha nāma ca

Recognizing him to be his father's friend, Rāghava honored him; and then he calmly asked his lineage and his name.

Words: sa — he; taṃ — him; pitṛsakhaṃ — his father's friend; buddhvā — having realized, understood; pūjayām āsa — honored, worshipped; rāghavaḥ — Rāghava; sa — he; tasya — his; kulam — lineage, family; avyagram — calmly, unhurriedly; atha — then; papraccha — asked; nāma — name; ca — and

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.