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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 3.13.5

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

3.13.5

rāmasya vacanaṃ śrutvā kulam ātmānam eva ca
ācacakṣe dvijas tasmai sarvabhūtasamudbhavam

Hearing Rāma's words, the bird declared to him his lineage and himself, and the origin of all beings.

Words: rāmasya — of Rāma; vacanaṃ — words, speech; śrutvā — having heard; kulam — lineage; ātmānam — himself; eva ca — and indeed; ācacakṣe — declared, told; dvijas — the bird (lit. twice-born); tasmai — to him; sarvabhūtasamudbhavam — the origin of all beings

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.