Being thus addressed by Savarī, the virtuoussouled Raghava spoke to her conversant with the knowledge of past and future.
एवमुक्तः स धर्मात्मा शबर्यां शबरीमिदम्॥ राघवः प्राह विज्ञाने तां नित्यमबहिष्कृतम्।