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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 3.13.7

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

3.13.7

kardamaḥ prathamas teṣāṃ vikṛtas tadanantaram
śeṣaś ca saṃśrayaś caiva bahuputraś ca vīryavān

Kardama was the first of them, Vikṛta next after that, and Śeṣa, and Saṃśraya, and the valiant Bahuputra;

Words: kardamaḥ — Kardama; prathamas — the first; teṣāṃ — of them; vikṛtas — Vikṛta; tadanantaram — next after that; śeṣaś — Śeṣa; ca — and; saṃśrayaś — Saṃśraya; caiva — and also; bahuputraś — Bahuputra; ca — and; vīryavān — the valiant one

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.