Shloka 23
शबरी-आश्रम-प्रवेशः
Rama and Lakshmana at Sabari’s Hermitage
इयं प्रत्यक्थ्सली वेदिर्यत्र ते मे सुसत्कृताः।पुष्पोपहारं कुर्वन्ति श्रमादुद्वेपिभिः करैः।।।।
iyaṁ pratyakthsalī vedir yatra te me susatkṛtāḥ |
puṣpopahāraṁ kurvanti śramād udvepibhiḥ karaiḥ ||
ही ‘प्रत्यक्थसली’ नावाची वेदी आहे; येथे माझ्याकडून सुसत्कृत ते पूज्य मुनी तपश्रमाने थरथरत्या हातांनी पुष्पोपहार अर्पित करीत.
This is the altar named Pratyaksthali where the saints aged and exhausted( by performing chandrayana) whom I worshipped made offerings of flowers with trembling hands.
FAQs
Dharma here is reverence for holy persons and sacred rites: honoring the wise and sustaining worship even through hardship reflects right conduct grounded in humility and devotion.
Śabarī guides Rāma through the hermitage area, pointing out a named altar where earlier sages performed worship, leaving behind visible signs of their austerity.
Śabarī’s bhakti and seva (devotional service): she remembers and venerates the sages’ worship and presents the place to Rāma with sincerity.