Shloka 5
शबरी-आश्रम-प्रवेशः
Rama and Lakshmana at Sabari’s Hermitage
तौ तमाश्रममासाद्य द्रुमैर्बहुभीरावृतम्।सुरम्यमभिवीक्षन्तौ शबरीमभ्युपेयतुः।।।।
tau tam āśramam āsādya drumair bahubhir āvṛtam | suramyam abhivīkṣantau śabarīm abhyupēyatuḥ ||
അനവധി വൃക്ഷങ്ങൾ ചുറ്റിപ്പറ്റിയ ആ ആശ്രമത്തിലെത്തി, അതിന്റെ അതിമനോഹാരിത നിരീക്ഷിച്ചുകൊണ്ട്, ആ ഇരുവരും ശബരിയിലേക്കു സമീപിച്ചു.
With matted locks, tattered bark clothes and deer skin, Sabari consigned her old and emaciated body to the fire at that moment, with the permission of Rama and ascended to heaven, her body glowing like fire.
FAQs
Dharma is shown through respectful approach to a spiritual elder and the recognition of the āśrama as a place ordered by restraint, purity, and right conduct.
Rāma and Lakṣmaṇa enter the tree-surrounded hermitage and proceed to meet Śabarī.
Courtesy and reverence—approaching the ascetic with due regard rather than with haste or pride.