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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 3.1.16

Araṇya Kāṇḍa, sarga 1: Daṇḍaka’s tapasvins seek protection. They welcome Rāma, Sītā & Lakṣmaṇa and claim the King’s protection as subjects who have renounced force

In the sequence: they receive Rāma in a leaf hut and bring water, roots, flowers, and fruit

3.1.16

mūlaṃ puṣpaṃ phalaṃ vanyam āśramaṃ ca mahātmanaḥ
nivedayītvā dharmajñās tataḥ prāñjalayo 'bruvan

Having presented to the great-souled one roots, flowers, wild fruit, and their hermitage, those knowers of dharma then spoke with joined palms:

Words: mūlaṃ — root; puṣpaṃ — flower; phalaṃ — fruit; vanyam — wild, forest-grown; āśramaṃ — hermitage; ca — and; mahātmanaḥ — to the great-souled one; nivedayītvā — having presented, offered; dharmajñās — the knowers of dharma; tataḥ — then; prāñjalayo — with joined palms; 'bruvan — spoke

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.