Jatayu and Shabari

Jatayu's courage, Rama's last rites for a bird, and the old hermit woman Shabari, as Valmiki tells them.

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Valmiki Ramayana, Aranya Kanda
Sargas 49–50 (the abduction and Jatayu's warning, paraphrased)
Translation
Vidya working translation, pending scholar review
Terms of use
Sanskrit text public domain; translation CC BY-SA 4.0
Valmiki Ramayana, Aranya Kanda
3.50.26
Translation
Vidya working translation, pending scholar review
Terms of use
Sanskrit text public domain; translation CC BY-SA 4.0
Valmiki Ramayana, Aranya Kanda
3.67.14–3.68.23 (Jatayu's last words and Rama's grief, paraphrased)

Translation

Vidya working translation, pending scholar review

Terms of use

Sanskrit text public domain; translation CC BY-SA 4.0

Valmiki Ramayana, Aranya Kanda

3.68.24

Translation: Vidya working translation, pending scholar review
Terms of use: Sanskrit text public domain; translation CC BY-SA 4.0

Valmiki Ramayana, Aranya Kanda

3.68.27–3.68.36 (the last rites, paraphrased)

Translation: Vidya working translation, pending scholar review
Terms of use: Sanskrit text public domain; translation CC BY-SA 4.0

Valmiki Ramayana, Aranya Kanda

3.74.4–3.74.35 (Shabari's hermitage, paraphrased)

Translation: Vidya working translation, pending scholar review
Terms of use: Sanskrit text public domain; translation CC BY-SA 4.0

Valmiki Ramayana, Aranya Kanda

3.74.11

Translation: Vidya working translation, pending scholar review
Terms of use: Sanskrit text public domain; translation CC BY-SA 4.0

Ramcharitmanas (later tradition)

Shabari's berries (not in Valmiki)

Translation: Paraphrase
Terms of use: Story summary, no text reproduced

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