Shloka 29
शबरी-आश्रम-प्रवेशः
Rama and Lakshmana at Sabari’s Hermitage
तेषामिच्छाम्यहं गन्तुं समीपं भावितात्मनाम्।मुनीनामाश्रमो येषामहं च परिचारिणी।।।।
teṣām icchāmy ahaṁ gantuṁ samīpaṁ bhāvitātmanām |
munīnām āśramo yeṣām ahaṁ ca paricāriṇī ||
ज्यांचा हा आश्रम होता आणि ज्यांची मी परिचारिका होते, त्या भावितात्मा मुनींच्या समीप मला जायचे आहे।
I wish to reach those realisers of the Supreme Spirit whom I served and to whom this hermitage belonged.
FAQs
Dharma is loyal service to the righteous and gratitude to spiritual elders; Śabarī’s life is framed as seva, and her final wish is reunion with the realized.
Śabarī explains where she intends to go after leaving her body: to the presence of the sages she served.
Sevā and fidelity: she identifies herself as an attendant of the sages, emphasizing humility and steadfast dedication.