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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 1.46.3

Bāla Kāṇḍa, sarga 46: Story of Indra & Diti: The Maruts’ regions and Viśālā’s lineage. Diti obtains divine wind-regions for her children, Viśvāmitra recounts Viśālā’s royal lineage and Sumati comes to welcome the travellers

In the sequence: she asks that they become the Maruts and range as winds: one in Brahmā's world, one in Indra's, one in the sky, and four through the quarters

1.46.3

priyaṃ tu kṛtam icchāmi mama garbhaviparyaye
marutāṃ saptaṃ saptānāṃ sthānapālā bhavantv ime

But I wish a kindness done me in this ruin of my womb: let these become the guardians of the stations, the seven times seven Maruts.

Words: priyaṃ — a kindness, favour; tu — but, and; kṛtam — done; icchāmi — I wish; mama — my, for me; garbhaviparyaye — in the reversal/ruin of the womb; marutāṃ — of the Maruts; saptaṃ — seven (=sapta); saptānāṃ — of the sevens (groups); sthānapālā — guardians of stations; bhavantv — let them become; ime — these

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.