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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 3.70.9
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 explains that her teachers left for heaven when Rāma reached Citrakūṭa, instructing her to wait for his visit and receive him with Lakṣmaṇa before joining them
3.70.9
rāmeṇa tāpasī pṛṣṭhā sā siddhā siddhasaṃmatā
śaśaṃsa śabarī vṛddhā rāmāya pratyupasthitā
Questioned by Rāma, that ascetic, perfected and esteemed by the perfected ones, old Śabarī, standing before him, made reply to Rāma.
Words: rāmeṇa — by Rāma; tāpasī — the ascetic woman; pṛṣṭhā — questioned; sā — she; siddhā — perfected; siddhasaṃmatā — esteemed by the perfected; śaśaṃsa — told, replied; śabarī — Śabarī; vṛddhā — old, aged; rāmāya — to Rāma; pratyupasthitā — standing before, come near
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.