Chapter 1 — Bala Kanda, Sarga 1

Valmiki Ramayana — Bala Kanda

Verse 1.44

स चास्य कथयामास शबरी धर्मचारिणीम्॥ श्रमणां धर्मनिपुणामभिगच्छेति राघव।

sa cāsya kathayāmāsa śabarī dharmacāriṇīm|| śramaṇāṃ dharmanipuṇāmabhigaccheti rāghava|

English Meaning

And the Rākşasa addressed Rama saying, O descendant of Raghu, Do you repair to the ascetic, Śabarī, conversant with all systems of morality.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)