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सुनत शबरी भक्ति भावि भयाउ तरसी सुधाउ ।प्रेम प्रगट सोई जानि भगति न भजति गाउ
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sunata śabarī bhakti bhāvī bhayāu tarasī sudhāu | prema pragaṭa soī jānī bhagati na bhajati gāu
मूल पाठ सहायकReading aid for the sourceWord by word (पदच्छेद व अन्वय)पदच्छेद
The Shabari episode in the Ramcharitmanas is one of Tulsidas's most radical teachings: Shabari, a tribal woman of low caste, offers Rama half-eaten berries she has first tasted herself to ensure they are sweet. Rama accepts them with joy. This overturns all ritual purity rules: what matters is not the ritual correctness of the offering but the love behind it. Tulsidas declares that love (prema) alone is true bhakti.
शबरी की भक्ति सुनकर राम आँसू बहाने लगे। प्रेम ही सच्ची भक्ति जानकर, वे प्रेम के बिना पूजा नहीं करते।
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Hearing Shabari's devotion, Rama was moved to tears. Knowing that love alone is true devotion, he does not worship without love.
Direct literal rendering preserving Sanskrit philosophical terminology.
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Original Sanskrit
Source scripture
सुनत शबरी भक्ति भावि भयाउ तरसी सुधाउ । प्रेम प्रगट सोई जानि भगति न भजति गाउ ॥
Literal translation
Translation of the source text
Hearing Shabari's devotion, Rama was moved to tears. Knowing that love alone is true devotion, he does not worship without love.
Traditional commentary
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Simple explanation
Editorial explanation, not scripture
The Shabari episode in the Ramcharitmanas is one of Tulsidas's most radical teachings: Shabari, a tribal woman of low caste, offers Rama half-eaten berries she has first tasted herself to ensure they are sweet. Rama accepts them with joy. This overturns all ritual purity rules: what matters is not the ritual correctness of the offering but the love behind it. Tulsidas declares that love (prema) alone is true bhakti.
The Shabari episode in the Ramcharitmanas is one of Tulsidas's most radical teachings: Shabari, a tribal woman of low caste, offers Rama half-eaten berries she has first tasted herself to ensure they are sweet. Rama accepts them with joy. This overturns all ritual purity rules: what matters is not the ritual correctness of the offering but the love behind it. Tulsidas declares that love (prema) alone is true bhakti.
शोध संदर्भResearch context · not scriptureComparative Research Noteशोध टिप्पणी
शबरी की भक्ति सुनकर राम आँसू बहाने लगे। सुरक्षित लगाव और श्रद्धा तनाव-प्रतिक्रिया को घटाते हैं: शरीर खतरे की तैयारी छोड़कर स्थिर होता है। यह पंक्ति उसी आश्रय को अपना विषय बनाती है।
A modern parallel offered for reflection. It is not part of the scripture, and it has not been checked against the original sources it may allude to.
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