Chapter 73 — Aranya Kanda, Sarga 73

Valmiki Ramayana — Aranya Kanda

Verse 73.11

तेषां गतानामद्यापि दृश्यते परिचारिणी। श्रमणी शबरी नाम काकुत्स्थ चिरजीविनी॥ त्वां तु धर्मे स्थिता नित्यं सर्वभूतनमस्कृतम्। दृष्ट्वा देवोपमं राम स्वर्गलोकं गमिष्यति॥

teṣāṃ gatānāmadyāpi dṛśyate paricāriṇī| śramaṇī śabarī nāma kākutstha cirajīvinī|| tvāṃ tu dharme sthitā nityaṃ sarvabhūtanamaskṛtam| dṛṣṭvā devopamaṃ rāma svargalokaṃ gamiṣyati||

English Meaning

Even at the present day, O Kakutstha, there live an immortal mendicant woman, by name Savari, who had waited in attendance upon those departed ones. Beholding you, O Rāma, who are adored of all creatures like to the Deity Himself, that mendicant woman, ever engaged in pious observances, shall attain to the abode of celestials.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)