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)