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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 3.69.20

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

3.69.20

tvāṃ tu dharme sthitā nityaṃ sarvabhūtanamaskṛtam
dṛṣṭvā devopamaṃ rāma svargalokaṃ gamiṣyati

She, ever established in dharma, on beholding you — honored by all beings and godlike, O Rāma — will go to the world of heaven.

Words: tvāṃ — you; tu — but, and; dharme — in dharma; sthitā — established (f.); nityaṃ — ever, always; sarvabhūtanamaskṛtam — honored by all beings; dṛṣṭvā — having seen; devopamaṃ — godlike; rāma — Rāma; svargalokaṃ — to the world of heaven; gamiṣyati — will go

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.