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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 3.70.12
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: she explains that her teachers left for heaven when Rāma reached Citrakūṭa, instructing her to wait for his visit and receive him with Lakṣmaṇa before joining them
3.70.12
sa te pratigrahītavyaḥ saumitrisahito 'tithiḥ
taṃ ca dṛṣṭvā varāṃl lokān akṣayāṃs tvaṃ gamiṣyasi
He, accompanied by Saumitri, is to be received by you as a guest; and having beheld him, you will go to the excellent, imperishable worlds.'
Words: sa — he; te — by you; pratigrahītavyaḥ — to be received; saumitrisahito — accompanied by Saumitri; 'tithiḥ — guest; taṃ — him; ca — and; dṛṣṭvā — having seen; varāṃl — excellent; lokān — worlds; akṣayāṃs — imperishable; tvaṃ — you; gamiṣyasi — 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.