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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 3.70.15

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 recalls Kabandha's description of the hermitage's spiritual power and asks to see it.

3.70.15

danoḥ sakāśāt tattvena prabhāvaṃ te mahātmanaḥ
śrutaṃ pratyakṣam icchāmi saṃdraṣṭuṃ yadi manyase

From Danu I have truly heard of the power of you great ones; I wish to behold it with my own eyes, if you think fit.

Words: danoḥ — from Danu (Kabandha); sakāśāt — from the presence of; tattvena — truly, in truth; prabhāvaṃ — power, majesty; te — of you / of these; mahātmanaḥ — of the great-souled; śrutaṃ — heard; pratyakṣam — directly, with the eyes; icchāmi — I wish; saṃdraṣṭuṃ — to behold; yadi — if; manyase — you think fit, consent

Composed by Maharṣi Vālmīki. 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.