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)