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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 3.70.7

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 asks whether her austerities and observances prosper, whether she has mastered anger and appetite, and whether her service to her teachers has borne fruit

3.70.7

tām uvāca tato rāmaḥ śramaṇīṃ saṃśitavratām
kaccit te nirjitā vighnāḥ kaccit te vardhate tapaḥ

Then Rāma said to that ascetic woman of firm vows: 'Have your obstacles been overcome? Does your austerity flourish?'

Words: tām — her; uvāca — said; tato — then; rāmaḥ — Rāma; śramaṇīṃ — the female ascetic; saṃśitavratām — of firm vows; kaccit — surely? (interrogative); te — your; nirjitā — conquered, overcome; vighnāḥ — obstacles; kaccit — surely?; te — your; vardhate — grows, flourishes; tapaḥ — austerity

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.