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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 1.46.4

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

1.46.4

vātaskandhā ime sapta carantu divi putrakāḥ
mārutā iti vikhyātā divyarūpā mamātmajāḥ

Let these seven, my little sons, move in the sky as tracts of wind — renowned as the Māruta, of divine form, my offspring.

Words: vātaskandhā — tracts/masses of wind; ime — these; sapta — seven; carantu — let them move, range; divi — in the sky; putrakāḥ — little sons, dear sons; mārutā — the Māruta (wind-gods); iti — thus; vikhyātā — renowned, famed; divyarūpā — of divine form; mamātmajāḥ — my offspring

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.