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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 3.70.8
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
3.70.8
kaccit te niyataḥ kopa āhāraś ca tapodhane
kaccit te niyamāḥ prāptāḥ kaccit te manasaḥ sukham
kaccit te guruśuśrūṣā saphalā cārubhāṣiṇi
Are your anger and your food held in check, O rich in austerity? Have your observances been fulfilled, and has your mind found happiness? Has your service to your teachers borne fruit, O sweet-spoken one?
Words: kaccit — surely?; te — your; niyataḥ — controlled, restrained; kopa — anger; āhāraś — food, sustenance; ca — and; tapodhane — O (you) rich in austerity; kaccit — surely?; te — your; niyamāḥ — observances, restraints; prāptāḥ — attained, fulfilled; kaccit — surely?; te — your; manasaḥ — of the mind; sukham — happiness, ease; kaccit — surely?; te — your; guruśuśrūṣā — service to teachers; saphalā — fruitful, successful; cārubhāṣiṇi — O sweet-spoken one (f.)
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.