Shloka 3.74.9
शबरी-आश्रम-प्रवेशः (Rama and Lakshmana at Sabari’s Hermitage)
कच्चित्ते नियमाः प्राप्ताः कच्चित्ते मनसः सुखम्।कच्चित्ते गुरुशुश्रूषा सफला चारुभाषिणि।।।।
yatra te sukṛtātmāno viharanti maharṣayaḥ | tat puṇyaṃ śabarī sthānaṃ jagāma ātmasamādhinā ||
By the power of her inward absorption, Śabarī went to that holy realm where great sages—souls refined by good deeds—dwell and move about.
O Sweet-tongued Sabari, have you achieved self-control? Has your mind attained peace ? Have your services to the preceptor yielded results?
Dharma is moral causality: sukṛta (good deeds) and truthful inner discipline culminate in an elevated destiny—association with the maharṣis symbolizes the highest reward of righteous living.
Śabarī departs to a sacred realm of great sages, indicating her spiritual attainment after meeting Rāma.
Spiritual steadfastness—Śabarī’s samādhi and accumulated merit (sukṛta) are presented as the decisive virtues.