एवमुक्ता महाभागैस्तदाहं पुरुषर्षभ। मया तु संचितं वन्यं विविधं पुरुषर्षभ
Thus addressed by the great sages, O best of men, I have gathered various forest offerings, O best of men.
तवार्थे पुरुषव्याघ्र पम्पायास्तीरसम्भवम्। एवमुक्तः स धर्मात्मा शबर्या शबरीमिदम्
For your sake, O tiger among men, born on the banks of Pampā, thus addressed, that righteous soul, Śabarī, spoke these words.
राघवः प्राह विज्ञाने तां नित्यमबहिष्कृताम्। दनोः सकाशात् तत्त्वेन प्रभावं ते महात्मनाम्
Rāghava asked her, who was always excluded from society, about the true power of those great souls who had come from the lineage of Danu, as she knew well.
श्रुतं प्रत्यक्षमिच्छामि संद्रष्टुं यदि मन्यसे। एतत्तु वचनं श्रुत्वा रामवक्त्रविनिःसृतम्
I have heard of it, but I wish to see it directly, if you permit; when these words had issued from Rāma's lips,
शबरी दर्शयामास तावुभौ तद्वनं महत्। पश्य मेघघनप्रख्यं मृगपक्षिसमाकुलम्
Śabarī showed both of them that great forest: 'Behold, dense as a rain cloud, teeming with beasts and birds.'
मतङ्गवनमित्येव विश्रुतं रघुनन्दन। इह ते भावितात्मानो गुरवो मे महाद्युते। जुहवांचक्रिरे नीडं मन्त्रवन्मन्त्रपूजितम्
'This is the forest of Mataṅga, renowned as such, O delight of the Raghus; here, my noble-minded teachers of great splendor performed sacrifices, building a sacred altar, worshipped with mantras.'
इयं प्रत्यक्स्थली वेदी यत्र ते मे सुसत्कृताः। पुष्पोपहारं कुर्वन्ति श्रमादुद्वेपिभिः करैः
'This is the altar facing east, where my honored teachers, with hands trembling from exertion, offered flowers as tribute.'
तेषां तपःप्रभावेण पश्याद्यापि रघूत्तम। द्योतयन्ती दिशः सर्वाः श्रिया वेद्यतुलप्रभा
'By the power of their austerity, O best of the Raghus, even now the altar shines with incomparable brilliance, illuminating all directions.'
अशक्नुवद्भिस्तैर्गन्तुमुपवासश्रमालसैः। चिन्तितेनागतान् पश्य समेतान् सप्त सागरान्
'Unable to go further, exhausted by fasting and weariness, they mentally summoned the seven seas, which gathered here—behold them.'
कृताभिषेकैस्तैर्न्यस्ता वल्कलाः पादपेष्विह। अद्यापि न विशुष्यन्ति प्रदेशे रघुनन्दन
'After their ritual baths, they placed their bark garments on these trees; even now, O delight of the Raghus, they have not dried out in this place.'
देवकार्याणि कुर्वद्भिर्यानीमानि कृतानि वै। पुष्पैः कुवलयैः सार्धं म्लानत्वं न तु यान्ति वै
'The flowers offered by them, together with blue lotuses, do not wither, though these acts were performed long ago for the sake of the gods.'
कृत्स्नं वनमिदं दृष्टं श्रोतव्यं च श्रुतं त्वया। तद् इच्छाम्य् अभ्यनुज्ञाता त्यक्ष्याम्य् एतत् कलेवरम्
'You have now seen this entire forest and heard its story; so, with your permission, I wish to relinquish this body.'
तेषामिच्छाम्यहं गन्तुं समीपं भावितात्मनाम्। मुनीनामाश्रमो येषामहं च परिचारिणी
'I wish to go near those noble-minded sages, whose hermitage I served as an attendant.'
धर्मिष्ठं तु वचः श्रुत्वा राघवः सहलक्ष्मणः। प्रहर्षमतुलं लेभे आश्चर्यमिति चाब्रवीत्
Hearing her righteous words, Rāghava, together with Lakṣmaṇa, felt incomparable joy and said, 'How wonderful!'
तामुवाच ततो रामः शबरीं संशितव्रताम्। अर्चितोऽहं त्वया भद्रे गच्छ कामं यथासुखम्
Then Rāma spoke to Śabarī, steadfast in her vows: 'You have honored me, O good lady; go where you wish, as you please.'
इत्येवमुक्ता जटिला चीरकृष्णाजिनाम्बरा। अनुज्ञाता तु रामेण हुत्वाऽऽत्मानं हुताशने
Thus addressed, the matted-haired woman, clad in bark and black antelope skin, having received Rāma's permission, offered herself into the sacrificial fire.
ज्वलत्पावकसंकाशा स्वर्गमेव जगाम ह। दिव्याभरणसंयुक्ता दिव्यमाल्यानुलेपना
Resembling blazing fire, she went to heaven, adorned with divine ornaments and anointed with heavenly unguents and garlands.
दिव्याम्बरधरा तत्र बभूव प्रियदर्शना। विराजयन्ती तं देशं विद्युत्सौदामनी यथा
There she appeared, wearing celestial garments, lovely to behold, illuminating that place like a flash of lightning.
यत्र ते सुकृतात्मानो विहरन्ति महर्षयः। तत् पुण्यं शबरी स्थानं जगामात्मसमाधिना
Śabarī, by her concentration, reached that sacred place where those virtuous great sages dwell.
thumb|पञ्चसप्ततितमः सर्गः श्रूयताम्|center श्रीमद्वाल्मीकियरामायणे अरण्यकाण्डे पञ्चसप्ततितमः सर्गः ॥३-
In the glorious Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa, in the Aranya Kanda, the seventy-fifth sarga (chapter).
दिवं तु तस्यां यातायां शबर्यां स्वेन तेजसा। लक्ष्मणेन सह भ्रात्रा चिन्तयामास राघवः
When Shabari had ascended to heaven by her own spiritual power, Raghava began to reflect together with his brother Lakshmana.
चिन्तयित्वा तु धर्मात्मा प्रभावं तं महात्मनाम्। हितकारिणमेकाग्रं लक्ष्मणं राघवोऽब्रवीत्
Having considered the greatness of those noble souls, the righteous Raghava spoke to Lakshmana, who was intent on their welfare and steadfast.
दृष्टो मयाऽऽश्रमः सौम्य बह्वाश्चर्यः कृतात्मनाम्। विश्वस्तमृगशार्दूलो नानाविहगसेवितः
O gentle one, I have seen the hermitage of those self-controlled sages, truly wondrous, where tigers and deer dwell together in trust, and many kinds of birds reside.
सप्तानां च समुद्राणां तेषां तीर्थेषु लक्ष्मण। उपस्पृष्टं च विधिवत् पितरश्चापि तर्पिताः
At the sacred fords of the seven seas, O Lakshmana, we have duly performed ablutions and offered oblations to our ancestors.
प्रणष्टमशुभं यन्नः कल्याणं समुपस्थितम्। तेन त्वेतत् प्रहृष्टं मे मनो लक्ष्मण सम्प्रति
The inauspicious has been dispelled for us, and good fortune has come; because of this, my heart is now gladdened, O Lakshmana.
हृदये मे नरव्याघ्र शुभमाविर्भविष्यति। तदागच्छ गमिष्यावः पम्पां तां प्रियदर्शनाम्
O tiger among men, an auspicious feeling arises in my heart; so come, let us go to that delightful Pampa lake.
ऋष्यमूको गिरिर्यत्र नातिदूरे प्रकाशते। यस्मिन् वसति धर्मात्मा सुग्रीवोंऽशुमतः सुतः
There, not far away, shines the Rishyamuka mountain, where the righteous Sugriva, son of the Sun, dwells.
नित्यं वालिभयात् त्रस्तश्चतुर्भिः सह वानरैः। अहं त्वरे च तं द्रष्टुं सुग्रीवं वानरर्षभम्
Ever fearful of Vali, he stays there with four other monkeys; I am eager to meet Sugriva, the foremost among monkeys.
तदधीनं हि मे कार्यं सीतायाः परिमार्गणम्। इति ब्रुवाणं तं वीरं सौमित्रिरिदमब्रवीत्
For the search for Sita depends on him; thus, as Rama spoke these words, Saumitri replied to that valiant one.
गच्छावस्त्वरितं तत्र ममापि त्वरते मनः। आश्रमात्तु ततस्तस्मान्निष्क्रम्य स विशाम्पतिः
"Let us go there quickly; my mind too urges me on." Then, departing from that hermitage, the lord of men set out.