Shloka 35
शबरी-आश्रम-प्रवेशः
Rama and Lakshmana at Sabari’s Hermitage
यत्र ते सुकृतात्मानो विहरन्ति महर्षयः।।।।तत्पुण्यं शबरी स्थानं जगामात्मसमाधिना।
yatra te sukṛtātmāno viharanti maharṣayaḥ | tat puṇyaṃ śabarī sthānaṃ jagāma ātmasamādhinā ||
यत्र ते सुकृतात्मानो महर्षयो विहरन्ति, तत्पुण्यं शबरीस्थानं सा आत्मसमाधिना जगाम॥
O Sweet-tongued Sabari, have you achieved self-control? Has your mind attained peace ? Have your services to the preceptor yielded results?
FAQs
Dharma is moral causality: sukṛta (good deeds) and truthful inner discipline culminate in an elevated destiny—association with the maharṣis symbolizes the highest reward of righteous living.
Śabarī departs to a sacred realm of great sages, indicating her spiritual attainment after meeting Rāma.
Spiritual steadfastness—Śabarī’s samādhi and accumulated merit (sukṛta) are presented as the decisive virtues.