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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 1.46.5

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

1.46.5

brahmalokaṃ caratv eka indralokaṃ tathāparaḥ
divi vāyur iti khyātas tṛtīyo 'pi mahāyaśāḥ

Let one range the world of Brahmā, another likewise the world of Indra; and the third, of great renown, is known in the sky as Vāyu (the Wind).

Words: brahmalokaṃ — the world of Brahmā; caratv — let (one) range; eka — one; indralokaṃ — the world of Indra; tathāparaḥ — likewise another; divi — in the sky; vāyur — Vāyu (the Wind); iti — thus, as; khyātas — known, named; tṛtīyo — the third; 'pi — also; mahāyaśāḥ — of great renown

Composed by Maharṣi Vālmīki. 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.