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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 3.69.19

Araṇya Kāṇḍa, sarga 69: Kabandha’s directions to Pampā. He describes food and cool water, Śabarī’s hermitage and unfading flowers, then Sugrīva’s refuge on Ṛṣyamūka

In the sequence: their aged attendant Śabarī still lives there and will attain heaven after receiving Rāma

3.69.19

teṣām adyāpi tatraiva dṛśyate paricāriṇī
śramaṇī śabarī nāma kākutstha cirajīvinī

Of them, even now there is seen right there an attendant, an ascetic woman named Śabarī, O Kākutstha, long of life.

Words: teṣām — of them; adyāpi — even now; tatraiva — right there; dṛśyate — is seen; paricāriṇī — a female attendant; śramaṇī — a female ascetic; śabarī — Śabarī; nāma — by name; kākutstha — Kākutstha; cirajīvinī — long-lived (f.)

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.