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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 3.70.6

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 rises, joins her palms, and bows at both brothers' feet

3.70.6

tau tu dṛṣṭvā tadā siddhā samutthāya kṛtāñjaliḥ
pādau jagrāha rāmasya lakṣmaṇasya ca dhīmataḥ

Then that perfected woman, seeing the two, rose up with palms joined and clasped the feet of Rāma and of wise Lakṣmaṇa.

Words: tau — the two; tu — then, and; dṛṣṭvā — having seen; tadā — then; siddhā — the perfected one (f.); samutthāya — having risen up; kṛtāñjaliḥ — with palms joined; pādau — the two feet; jagrāha — clasped, took hold of; rāmasya — of Rāma; lakṣmaṇasya — of Lakṣmaṇa; ca — and; dhīmataḥ — of the wise one

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.