etäO¤    vcn|    ½¤Ïva    ramv?a¢¹¢n:s¦tm¯    ,
Sbr£    dSIyamas    tav¤BaW    t¹n|    mht¯    .21.

ett¯

these

t¤	thereafter

vcn|

words

½¤Ïva

hearing

ramv?at¯

from the mouth of Rama

¢v¢n:s¦tm¯

utteres

Sbr£

Sabari

dSIyamas

showed

taW   uBaW

to the two of them

tt¯

that

vn|

forest

mht¯

great

21.Sabari   hearing   the   words   uttered   by   Rama   showed   the   great   forest   to
both   of   them.

pÜy    mEGGnp#Áy|    m¦gp¢Xsmak[lm¯    ,
mtHqgvn¢mÏyEv    ¢v½¤t|    rG¤nÓdn    .22.

pÜy

see

mEGGnp#Áy|

dark like a rain bearing cloud

m¦gp¢Xsmak[lm¯

full of animals and birds

mtHqgvn|

matanga forest

i¢t

thus

ev   ¢v½¤t|

very well known

rG¤nÓdn

Rama

22.Sabari   told   Rama   to   see   the   well   known   matanga   forest   dark   like   a   rain
bearing   cloud   and   full   of   animals   and   birds.

ih    tE    Ba¢vtaÏmanaE    g¤rvaE    mE    mhamtE    ,
j¤hva|c¢@rE    t£TI|    mÓæOvÓmÓæOp¥¢jtm¯    .23.

ih

here

tE

those

Ba¢vtaÏman:

soul purified by meditating on god

g¤rv:

preceptore

mE

my

mhamtE

with great mind

j¤hva|c¢@rE

performed

t£TI|

sacrificial oblations

mÓæOvt¯

accoring to the sacred texts

mÓæOp¥¢jtm¯

purified by chanting mantras

23.Sabri   told   Rama   that   her   preceptors   soul   purified   by   meditating   on   god
performed   sacrificial   oblations   according   to   sacred   texts   by   chanting
mantras.

iy|    p#ÏyÀs¯Tl£    vE¢dyIæO    tE    p¤âxxIBa:    ,
p¤ÝpaEphar|    k[vI¢Ót    ½maѤ¹E¢p¢B:    krW:    .24.

iy|

this

p#ÏyÀsTl£

known as pratyaksthali

vE¢d:

altar

yæO

where

tE

those

p¤âxxIBa:

the noblest among men

p¤ÝpaEphar|

worship with flowers

k[vI¢Ót

offered

½mat¯

due to exhaustion

u¹E¢p¢B:

shking

krW:	with hands

24.Sabari   told   Rama   that   the   risis   performed   worship   with   flowers   in   the
pratyaksthali   altar   with   hands   shaking   due   to   exhaustion.

tExa|    tp:p#BavEn    pÜyaïa¢p    rG¥äOm    ,
ïaEty¢Ót    ¢dS:    svaI:    ¢½ya    vEïaE{t¤lp#Ba:    .25.

tExa|

their

tp:p#BavEn

through the power of asceticism

pÜy

see

Aï   A¢p

even now

rG¥äOm

flower of Raghu dynasty

ïaEty¢Ót

illuminating

¢dS:	directions

svaI:

all

¢½ya	by its splendour

vEï:

altars

At¤lp#Ba:

with matchless effulgence

25.Sabari   told   Rama   to   see   the   altar   with   matchless   effugence   even   now
illuminating   all   the   directions   with   its   splendour.

AS;[v¢ìÞtWgIÓt¤m¤pvas½malsW:    ,
¢c¢ÓttE{×yagtan¯    pÜy    s¢htan¯    sçO    sagran¯    .26.

AS;[v¢ì:

being unable

tW:

by them

gÓt¤|

to go

upvas½malsW:

grown feeble due to fasting

¢c¢ÓttE

by the very thought

A×yagtan¯

drawn to this spot

pÜy

see

s¢htan¯

together

sçO

seven

sagran¯

seas

26.Sabari   told   Rama   to   see   the   seven   seas   drawn   together   on   the   spot   by
the   very   thought   of   those   sages   who   had   grown   feeble   due   to   fasting   and
were   unable   to   go   to   the   seas.

k]ta¢BxEkWÞtWrqÓyÞta    vÚkla:    padpE¢Ývh    ,
Aïa¢p    nWv    S¤Ýy¢Ót    p#dESE    rG¤nÓdn:    .27.

k]ta¢BxEkW:

after bathing

tW:

by them

ÓyÞta:

spread

vÚkla:

bark clothes

padpEx¤

on trees

ih

this

Aï   A¢p

even now

n

do not

ev

only

S¤Ýy¢Ót

dries up

p#dESE

in region

rG¤nÓdn

Rama

27.Sabari   told   Rama   that   the   bark   clothes   spread   on   the   trees   in   this   region
by   them   after   a   bath   have   no   dried   up   even   now.

dEvkayaI¢N    k[vI¢ìrqyan£ma¢n    k]ta¢n    vW    ,
p¤ÝpW:    k[vlyW:    sarq¼|    ØlanÏv|    n    t¤    ya¢Ót    vW|    .28.

dEvkayaI¢N

rites for propitiating gods

k[vI¢ì:

performing

ya¢n

which

ima¢n

that these

k]ta¢n   vW

were made

p¤ÝpW:

with flowers

k[vlyW:   sarq¼|

along with blue lilies

ØlanÏvm¯

fading

n

not

t¤

till now

ya¢Ót

has become

vW

may be

28.Sabari   told   Rama   that   the   garlands   made   by   them   with   flowers   along
with   blue   lilies   for   performing   rites   the   propitiation   of   gods   not   become   faded.

k]Ïs"|    vn¢md|    è¾|    ½aEtÛy|    c    ½¤t|    Ïvya    ,
~ t¢dÅCaØy×yn¤åOata    Ïy³[mEtt¯    klEbrm¯    .29.

k]Ïs"|

the whole

vn|

of forest

id|

this

è¾|

was seen

½aEtÛy|   c

what is to be heard also

½¤t|

was heard

Ïvya

by you

tt¯

therefore

iÅCa¢m

I desire

A×yn¤åOata

with your permission

Ïy³[m¯

to discard

ett¯

this

klEbrm¯

body

29.Sabari   told   Rama   that   he   had   seen   the   whole   of   the   forest   and   also
heard   what   was   to   be   heard   and   thus   she   sought   his   permission   to   discard
her   body.

tExa¢mÅCaØyh|    gÓt¤|    sm£p|    Ba¢vtaÏmnam¯    ,
m¤n£nama½maE    yExamh|    c    p¢rca¢rN£    .30.

tExa|

those

iÅCa¢m

desire

Ah|

I

gÓt¤|   sm£p|

to approach

Ba¢vtaÏmnam¯

of purified mind

m¤n£na|

ascetics

Aa½m:

hermitage

yExa|

whose

Ah|

I

c

also

p¢rca¢rN£

servant

30.Sabari   told   Rama   that   she   desired   to   approach   those   ascetics   of
purified   mind   to   whom   the   hermitage   belonged   and   whom   she   served.