Chapter 1 — Sundara Kanda, Sarga 1

Valmiki Ramayana — Sundara Kanda

Verse 1.84

पूजिते त्वयि धर्मज्ञे पूजां प्राप्नोति मारुतः। तस्मात् त्वं पूजनीयो मे शृणु चाप्यत्र कारणम्॥

pūjite tvayi dharmajñe pūjāṃ prāpnoti mārutaḥ| tasmāt tvaṃ pūjanīyo me śṛṇu cāpyatra kāraṇam||

English Meaning

You that are conversant with virtue, being worshipped, Maruta himself receive offerings. You are therefore worth of my adoration. Hearken, there is another reason for it.

— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)