Shloka 22

शबरी-आश्रम-प्रवेशः

Rama and Lakshmana at Sabari’s Hermitage

Devanagari script

इह ते भावितात्मानो गुरवो मे महावने।जुहवाञ्चक्रिरे तीर्थं मन्त्रवन्मन्त्रपूजितम्।।।।

Transliteration

iha te bhāvitātmāno guravo me mahāvane | juhavāñ cakrire tīrthaṃ mantravan mantra-pūjitam ||

Translation

ഇവിടെ ഈ മഹാവനത്തിൽ എന്റെ ഗുരുക്കന്മാരായ ഭാവിതാത്മ മഹർഷിമാർ ഹോമയാഗങ്ങൾ നടത്തി; മന്ത്രസഹിതവും മന്ത്രപൂജിതവുമായ ഈ തീർത്ഥം അതിനാൽ പവിത്രവും ശക്തിസമ്പന്നവുമായി.

Word by Word

• इह: here
• इह: Adhikarana (अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: iha (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (indeclinable adverb)

• ते: they
• ते: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम (pronoun), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st case), बहुवचन

• भावितात्मानः: self-realized / spiritually cultivated
• भावितात्मानः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: bhāvita-ātman (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: कृदन्त (past passive participle) ‘भावित’ (from √bhū/√bhāv ‘to cultivate/bring about’) + ‘आत्मन्’; पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन; विशेषण of ‘गुरवः’

• गुरवः: preceptors
• गुरवः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: guru (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन

• मे: my
• मे: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/षष्ठी)
• Type: Noun
• Root: asmad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, षष्ठी (6th case), एकवचन

• महावने: in the great forest
• महावने: Adhikarana (अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: mahā-vana (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th case), एकवचन; ‘महद्’ + ‘वन’ कर्मधारय

• जुहवाञ्: having offered (oblations)
• जुहवाञ्: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √hu (धातु)
• Form: कृदन्त (present active participle) from √hu ‘to offer in fire’; पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; used with ‘चक्रिरे’ as periphrastic perfect construction

• चक्रिरे: performed
• चक्रिरे: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √kṛ (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (Perfect), आत्मनेपद, प्रथमपुरुष, बहुवचन

• तीर्थम्: sacred water/ford (holy spot)
• तीर्थम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tīrtha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd case), एकवचन

• मन्त्रवत्: endowed with mantras / with mantra-power
• मन्त्रवत्: Visheshana (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: mantra-vat (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तद्धितान्त (वत्), अव्ययवत्-प्रयोगः; नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; विशेषण of ‘तीर्थम्’

• मन्त्रपूजितम्: worshipped/invoked by mantras
• मन्त्रपूजितम्: Visheshana (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: mantra-pūjita (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: कृदन्त (PPP) ‘पूजित’ from √pūj ‘to worship’ with उपपद ‘मन्त्र’; नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; विशेषण of ‘तीर्थम्’

Context

My precepters, who had perceived the Supreme Spirit made sacrificial offerings in this great garden, invoked gods through the power of mantras. They brought water and offered oblations to the sacrificial fire.

Characters & Entities

• Śabarī
• Rama
• tīrtha (sacred waters)
• mantra

FAQs

What is the core ethical principle (Dharma) in this verse?

Dharma as preservation of sacred practice: rites performed with truth and mantra-discipline sanctify nature into a tīrtha for the welfare of others.

What is the narrative situation?

Śabarī explains that her gurus performed sacrificial offerings here, making the place a mantra-consecrated sacred spot.

Which character virtue is emphasized?

Respect for teachers and lineage (guru-bhakti) and faithfulness to sanctifying traditions.