Araṇya Kāṇḍa 70: Śabarī’s welcome and ascent · 3.70.2 →

Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 3.70.1

Araṇya Kāṇḍa, sarga 70: Śabarī’s welcome and ascent. She shows the seven seas gathered for her teachers’ bath, receives Rāma’s permission and enters fire to rejoin them

In the sequence: Rāma and Lakṣmaṇa follow Kabandha's westward route, passing fruit-laden trees and spending a night on a mountain ridge

3.70.1

tau kabandhena taṃ mārgaṃ pampāyā darśitaṃ vane
ātasthatur diśaṃ gṛhya pratīcīṃ nṛvarātmajau

Those two sons of the best of men, taking the western direction, set out along that path to Pampā shown by Kabandha in the forest.

Words: tau — the two; kabandhena — by Kabandha; taṃ — that; mārgaṃ — path, road; pampāyā — to Pampā; darśitaṃ — shown, pointed out; vane — in the forest; ātasthatur — the two set out upon; diśaṃ — direction; gṛhya — having taken; pratīcīṃ — western; nṛvarātmajau — the two sons of the best of men

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.