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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 3.70.20

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 points out altars that still shine through their tapas

3.70.20

teṣāṃ tapaḥ prabhāvena paśyādyāpi raghūttama
dyotayanti diśaḥ sarvāḥ śriyā vedyo 'tulaprabhāḥ

By the power of their austerity, behold — even today, O best of the Raghus — the altars of matchless radiance illumine all the quarters with their splendor.

Words: teṣāṃ — of them; tapaḥ — austerity; prabhāvena — by the power; paśyādyāpi — behold even today; raghūttama — O best of the Raghus; dyotayanti — illumine, light up; diśaḥ — the quarters; sarvāḥ — all; śriyā — with splendor; vedyo — altars; 'tulaprabhāḥ — of matchless radiance

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.