Shloka 3.74.15
शबरी-आश्रम-प्रवेशः (Rama and Lakshmana at Sabari’s Hermitage)
तैश्चाहमुक्ता धर्मज्ञैर्महाभागैर्महर्षिभिः।आगमिष्यति ते रामस्सुपुण्यमिममाश्रमम्।।।।स ते प्रतिग्रहीतव्यस्सौमित्रिसहितोतिथिः।तं च दृष्ट्वा वरान्लोकानक्षयांस्त्वं गमिष्यसि।।।।
citrakūṭaṃ tvayi prāpte vimānair atula-prabhaiḥ | itas te divam ārūḍhā yān ahaṃ paryacāriṣam ||
When you arrived at Chitrakuta, those whom I had served ascended from here to heaven in aerial chariots of incomparable radiance.
Those great honourable sages who knew the ways of dharma said: 'Rama would visit this sacred hermitage along with Lakshmana. He would be your guest. Receive himwith due honour. And you would attain the great, inexhaustible worlds when you see him.'
Dharma as service and reverence: sincere attendance upon the righteous bears spiritual fruit, and the presence of a dharmic person sanctifies a place.
Śabarī recounts a wondrous event connected with Rama’s arrival at Chitrakuta and the ascent of those she had served.
Śabarī’s devotion expressed through service (sevā) and gratitude toward the holy.