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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 3.13.6

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 begins with the ancient progenitors, ending with Dakṣa, Vivasvat, Ariṣṭanemi, and Kaśyapa

3.13.6

pūrvakāle mahābāho ye prajāpatayo 'bhavan
tān me nigadataḥ sarvān āditaḥ śṛṇu rāghava

“In the ancient time, O mighty-armed one, those who were the lords of creatures — hear of them all from me as I relate them from the beginning, O Rāghava.

Words: pūrvakāle — in the ancient time; mahābāho — O mighty-armed one; ye — who; prajāpatayo — the lords of creatures; 'bhavan — were; tān — them; me — from me; nigadataḥ — as I relate; sarvān — all; āditaḥ — from the beginning; śṛṇu — hear; rāghava — O Rāghava

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.