Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa · Sarga 3.74
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3.74.1
तौ कबन्धेन तं मार्गं पम्पाया दर्शितं वने।
आतस्थतुर्दिशं गृह्य प्रतीचीं नृवरात्मजौ ॥ ३.७४.१ ॥
Shown the way to Pampā through the forest by Kabandha, the two sons of the best of men set out, taking the westward direction.
3.74.2
तौ शैलेष्वाचितानेकान् क्षौद्रपुष्पफलद्रुमान्।
वीक्षन्तौ जग्मतुर्द्रष्टुं सुग्रीवं रामलक्ष्मणौ ॥ ३.७४.२ ॥
Gazing at the many trees on the mountains, laden with honey-blossoms and fruit, Rāma and Lakṣmaṇa went on to see Sugrīva.
3.74.3
कृत्वा तु शैलपृष्ठे तु तौ वासं रघुनन्दनौ।
पम्पायाः पश्चिमं तीरं राघवावुपतस्थतुः ॥ ३.७४.३ ॥
Having made their dwelling on the mountain's crest, the two delights of the Raghu line reached the western bank of the Pampā.
3.74.4
तौ पुष्करिण्याः पम्पायास्तीरमासाद्य पश्चिमम्।
अपश्यतां ततस्तत्र शबर्या रम्यमाश्रमम् ॥ ३.७४.४ ॥
Having reached the western bank of the Pampā lake, the two saw there the delightful hermitage of Śabarī.
3.74.5
तौ तमाश्रममासाद्य द्रुमैर्बहुभिरावृतम्।
सुरम्यमभिवीक्षन्तौ शबरीमभ्युपेयतुः ॥ ३.७४.५ ॥
Reaching that most lovely hermitage, surrounded by many trees, and gazing at it, the two approached Śabarī.
3.74.6
तौ दृष्ट्वा तु तदा सिद्धा समुत्थाय कृताञ्जलिः।
पादौ जग्राह रामस्य लक्ष्मणस्य च धीमतः ॥ ३.७४.६ ॥
As soon as she saw the two, the perfected Śabarī rose, folded her palms, and seized the feet of the wise Rāma and Lakṣmaṇa.
3.74.7
पाद्यमाचमनीयं च सर्वं प्रादाद् यथाविधि।
तामुवाच ततो रामः श्रमणीं धर्मसंस्थिताम् ॥ ३.७४.७ ॥
She offered all the water for the feet and for sipping, as the rite prescribes. Then Rāma spoke to the ascetic woman, who stood firm in dharma.
3.74.8
कच्चित्ते निर्जिता विघ्नाः कच्चित्ते वर्धते तपः।
कच्चित्ते नियतः कोप आहारश्च तपोधने ॥ ३.७४.८ ॥
O ascetic, have you conquered your obstacles? Is your austerity growing? Is your anger and your food kept in check?
3.74.9
कच्चित्ते नियमाः प्राप्ताः कच्चित्ते मनसः सुखम्।
कच्चित्ते गुरुशुश्रूषा सफला चारुभाषिणि ॥ ३.७४.९ ॥
Have you attained your vows? Has your mind found peace? O sweet-spoken one, has your service to your teacher borne fruit?
3.74.10
रामेण तापसी पृष्टा सा सिद्धा सिद्धसम्मता।
शशंस शबरी वृद्धा रामाय प्रत्यवस्थिता ॥ ३.७४.१० ॥
Questioned by Rāma, she, the accomplished ascetic honored by the accomplished, the aged Śabarī, standing before him, spoke.
3.74.11
अद्य प्राप्ता तपःसिद्धिस्तव संदर्शनान्मया।
अद्य मे सफलं जन्म गुरवश्च सुपूजिताः ॥ ३.७४.११ ॥
Today, through seeing you, I have gained the fruit of my austerity. Today my birth has borne fruit, and my teachers have been well honored.
3.74.12
अद्य मे सफलं तप्तं स्वर्गश्चैव भविष्यति।
त्वयि देववरे राम पूजिते पुरुषर्षभ ॥ ३.७४.१२ ॥
Today my austerity has borne fruit, and heaven will be mine too, O Rāma, best of gods, best of men, now that I have honored you.
3.74.13
तवाहं चक्षुषा सौम्य पूता सौम्येन मानद।
गमिष्याम्यक्षयांल्लोकांस्त्वत्प्रसादादरिंदम ॥ ३.७४.१३ ॥
O gentle one, giver of honour, by your sight I have been purified. O subduer of foes, by your grace I shall go to the imperishable worlds.
3.74.14
चित्रकूटं त्वयि प्राप्ते विमानैरतुलप्रभैः।
इतस्ते दिवमारूढा यानहं पर्यचारिषम् ॥ ३.७४.१४ ॥
When you arrived at Citrakūṭa, those whom I had attended ascended from here to heaven in celestial chariots of incomparable splendour.
3.74.15
तैश्चाहमुक्ता धर्मज्ञैर्महाभागैर्महर्षिभिः।
आगमिष्यति ते रामः सुपुण्यमिममाश्रमम् ॥ ३.७४.१५ ॥
And the great sages, knowers of dharma and greatly fortunate, told me: 'Rāma will come to this most sacred hermitage.'
3.74.16
स ते प्रतिग्रहीतव्यः सौमित्रिसहितोऽतिथिः।
तं च दृष्ट्वा वरांल्लोकानक्षयांस्त्वं गमिष्यसि ॥ ३.७४.१६ ॥
You should receive that guest who comes with Saumitri; having seen him, you will go to the excellent imperishable worlds.
3.74.17
एवमुक्ता महाभागैस्तदाहं पुरुषर्षभ।
मया तु संचितं वन्यं विविधं पुरुषर्षभ ॥ ३.७४.१७ ॥
Thus addressed by those greatly fortunate sages, O bull among men, I gathered various forest-born things, O bull among men.
3.74.18
तवार्थे पुरुषव्याघ्र पम्पायास्तीरसम्भवम्।
एवमुक्तः स धर्मात्मा शबर्या शबरीमिदम् ॥ ३.७४.१८ ॥
For your sake, O tiger among men, I gathered what grows on the bank of the Pampā. Thus addressed by Śabarī, the righteous-souled one spoke these words to Śabarī.
3.74.19
राघवः प्राह विज्ञाने तां नित्यमबहिष्कृताम्।
दनोः सकाशात् तत्त्वेन प्रभावं ते महात्मनाम् ॥ ३.७४.१९ ॥
Rāghava said to her, who was never cast aside, in true knowledge: I have heard from the lineage of Danu of the true power of those great-souled ones.
3.74.20
श्रुतं प्रत्यक्षमिच्छामि संद्रष्टुं यदि मन्यसे।
एतत्तु वचनं श्रुत्वा रामवक्त्रविनिःसृतम् ॥ ३.७४.२० ॥
If you think it fitting, I wish to see directly what I have heard. Hearing these words issued from Rāma's mouth —
3.74.21
शबरी दर्शयामास तावुभौ तद्वनं महत्।
पश्य मेघघनप्रख्यं मृगपक्षिसमाकुलम् ॥ ३.७४.२१ ॥
Śabarī showed the two of them that vast forest: "Behold it, like a dense mass of clouds, filled with deer and birds."
3.74.22
मतङ्गवनमित्येव विश्रुतं रघुनन्दन।
इह ते भावितात्मानो गुरवो मे महाद्युते।
जुहवांचक्रिरे नीडं मन्त्रवन्मन्त्रपूजितम् ॥ ३.७४.२२ ॥
"O delight of the Raghus, this is famed as the Mataṅga forest. Here, O radiant one, my teachers of purified soul offered oblations according to the mantras, upon an altar honored with mantras..."
3.74.23
इयं प्रत्यक्स्थली वेदी यत्र ते मे सुसत्कृताः।
पुष्पोपहारं कुर्वन्ति श्रमादुद्वेपिभिः करैः ॥ ३.७४.२३ ॥
This is the altar in the western direction, where my honored teachers make offerings of flowers with hands trembling from exertion.
3.74.24
तेषां तपःप्रभावेण पश्याद्यापि रघूत्तम।
द्योतयन्ती दिशः सर्वाः श्रिया वेद्यतुलप्रभा ॥ ३.७४.२४ ॥
O best of the Raghus, by the power of their austerity, behold even now: that altar, of incomparable radiance, illumines all the directions with its splendor.
3.74.25
अशक्नुवद्भिस्तैर्गन्तुमुपवासश्रमालसैः।
चिन्तितेनागतान् पश्य समेतान् सप्त सागरान् ॥ ३.७४.२५ ॥
Unable to walk, weary from fasting and toil, see how by mere thought the seven oceans came and gathered there.
3.74.26
कृताभिषेकैस्तैर्न्यस्ता वल्कलाः पादपेष्विह।
अद्यापि न विशुष्यन्ति प्रदेशे रघुनन्दन ॥ ३.७४.२६ ॥
Having bathed, they hung their bark garments on the trees here; O delight of the Raghus, even now they have not dried in this region.
3.74.27
देवकार्याणि कुर्वद्भिर्यानीमानि कृतानि वै।
पुष्पैः कुवलयैः सार्धं म्लानत्वं न तु यान्ति वै ॥ ३.७४.२७ ॥
The offerings that they made while performing rites for the gods — their flowers and blue lotuses have indeed not withered.
3.74.28
कृत्स्नं वनमिदं दृष्टं श्रोतव्यं च श्रुतं त्वया।
तद् इच्छाम्य् अभ्यनुज्ञाता त्यक्ष्याम्य् एतत् कलेवरम् ॥ ३.७४.२८ ॥
You have seen this entire forest and heard all that was worth hearing; therefore, with your permission, I wish to abandon this body.
3.74.29
तेषामिच्छाम्यहं गन्तुं समीपं भावितात्मनाम्।
मुनीनामाश्रमो येषामहं च परिचारिणी ॥ ३.७४.२९ ॥
I wish to go near those pure-souled sages, in whose hermitage I too am an attendant.
3.74.30
धर्मिष्ठं तु वचः श्रुत्वा राघवः सहलक्ष्मणः।
प्रहर्षमतुलं लेभे आश्चर्यमिति चाब्रवीत् ॥ ३.७४.३० ॥
Hearing those righteous words, Rāghava together with Lakṣmaṇa attained matchless joy, and said, "Wonderful!"
3.74.31
तामुवाच ततो रामः शबरीं संशितव्रताम्।
अर्चितोऽहं त्वया भद्रे गच्छ कामं यथासुखम् ॥ ३.७४.३१ ॥
Then Rāma said to Śabarī, who kept firm vows: Gracious one, you have honored me; now go as you wish, in comfort.
3.74.32
इत्येवमुक्ता जटिला चीरकृष्णाजिनाम्बरा।
अनुज्ञाता तु रामेण हुत्वाऽऽत्मानं हुताशने ॥ ३.७४.३२ ॥
Thus addressed by Rāma, the matted-haired Śabarī, clad in bark and black antelope hide, was granted leave, and she offered herself into the sacred fire.
3.74.33
ज्वलत्पावकसंकाशा स्वर्गमेव जगाम ह।
दिव्याभरणसंयुक्ता दिव्यमाल्यानुलेपना ॥ ३.७४.३३ ॥
Shining like a blazing fire, she went straight to heaven, adorned with divine ornaments, garlanded with divine flowers and anointed with divine unguents.
3.74.34
दिव्याम्बरधरा तत्र बभूव प्रियदर्शना।
विराजयन्ती तं देशं विद्युत्सौदामनी यथा ॥ ३.७४.३४ ॥
There, wearing divine garments, she became pleasant to behold, lighting up that place like a flash of lightning.
3.74.35
यत्र ते सुकृतात्मानो विहरन्ति महर्षयः।
तत् पुण्यं शबरी स्थानं जगामात्मसमाधिना ॥ ३.७४.३५ ॥
To that sacred place where the great sages of righteous soul dwell, Śabarī went, through absorption of her own self.