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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 3.70.5

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: on Pampā's western shore they reach the śramaṇī Śabarī’s hermitage

3.70.5

tau tam āśramam āsādya drumair bahubhir āvṛtam
suramyam abhivīkṣantau śabarīm abhyupeyatuḥ

Reaching that hermitage, ringed by many trees and most lovely, and gazing upon it, the two approached Śabarī.

Words: tau — the two; tam — that; āśramam — hermitage; āsādya — having reached; drumair — with trees; bahubhir — many; āvṛtam — surrounded, ringed; suramyam — most lovely; abhivīkṣantau — gazing upon (both); śabarīm — Śabarī; abhyupeyatuḥ — the two approached

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.