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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 3.13.9

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

3.13.9

dakṣo vivasvān aparo 'riṣṭanemiś ca rāghava
kaśyapaś ca mahātejās teṣām āsīc ca paścimaḥ

Dakṣa, then another, Vivasvat, and Ariṣṭanemi, O Rāghava, and the greatly splendid Kaśyapa was the last of them.

Words: dakṣo — Dakṣa; vivasvān — Vivasvat; aparo — another; 'riṣṭanemiś — Ariṣṭanemi; ca — and; rāghava — O Rāghava; kaśyapaś — Kaśyapa; ca — and; mahātejās — the greatly splendid; teṣām — of them; āsīc — was; ca — and; paścimaḥ — the last

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.