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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 3.70.16

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: Śabarī shows them Mataṅga's Wood, the sacred ford, and the places where her teachers worshipped

3.70.16

etat tu vacanaṃ śrutvā rāmavaktrād viniḥsṛtam
śabarī darśayām āsa tāv ubhau tad vanaṃ mahat

Hearing this speech issuing from Rāma's mouth, Śabarī showed both of them that great forest.

Words: etat — this; tu — and; vacanaṃ — speech, words; śrutvā — having heard; rāmavaktrād — from Rāma's mouth; viniḥsṛtam — issued forth; śabarī — Śabarī; darśayām āsa — showed; tāv — the two; ubhau — both; tad — that; vanaṃ — forest; mahat — great

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.