Shloka 14
शबरी-आश्रम-प्रवेशः
Rama and Lakshmana at Sabari’s Hermitage
चित्रकूटं त्वयि प्राप्ते विमानैरतुलप्रभैः।इतस्ते दिवमारूढा यानहं पर्यचारिषम्।।।।
citrakūṭaṃ tvayi prāpte vimānair atula-prabhaiḥ | itas te divam ārūḍhā yān ahaṃ paryacāriṣam ||
നീ ചിത്രകൂടത്തിൽ എത്തിയപ്പോൾ, ഞാൻ സേവിച്ചിരുന്നവർ അതുലപ്രഭയുള്ള വിമാനംകളിൽ ഇവിടെ നിന്നു സ്വർഗ്ഗത്തിലേക്കു आरोഹണം ചെയ്തു.
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.'
FAQs
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.