Valmiki Ramayana 1.46.4

1.46.4

vātaskandhā ime sapta carantu divi putrakāḥ
mārutā iti vikhyātā divyarūpā mamātmajāḥ

When but a blighted bud was left,
Which Indra's hand in seven had cleft:
'No fault, O Lord of Gods, is thine;
The blame herein is only mine.
But for one grace I fain would pray,
As thou hast reft this hope away.
This bud, O Indra, which a blight
Has withered ere it saw the light--
From this may seven fair spirits rise
To rule the regions of the skies.
Be theirs through heaven's unbounded space
On shoulders of the winds to race,
My children, drest in heavenly forms,
Far-famed as Maruts, Gods of storms.
One God to Brahmá's sphere assign,
Let one, O Indra, watch o'er thine;
And ranging through the lower air,
The third the name of Vayu bear.
Gods let the four remaining be,
And roam through space, obeying thee.'