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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 3.1.21

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 continue to honor him and Lakṣmaṇa with the food and produce of their hermitages.

3.1.21

evam uktvā phalair mūlaiḥ puṣpair vanyaiś ca rāghavam
anyaiś ca vividhāhāraiḥ salakṣmaṇam apūjayan

Having spoken thus, they honoured Rāghava together with Lakṣmaṇa with fruits, roots, wild flowers, and other foods of many kinds.

Words: evam — thus; uktvā — having spoken; phalair — with fruits; mūlaiḥ — with roots; puṣpair — with flowers; vanyaiś — wild; ca — and; rāghavam — Rāghava; anyaiś — with other; ca — and; vividhāhāraiḥ — foods of many kinds; salakṣmaṇam — together with Lakṣmaṇa; apūjayan — honoured, worshipped

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.