Shabri was born in a tribal family. Since childhood she was
a great devotee of Lord Rama. When she reached marriageable age,she was
surprised to see his father arranging animals to be serve in marriage feast.Se
could not able to tolerate this act and she escaped and reached the ashram of
Sage Matang. she served at the ashram
with great devotion. When the Sage Matang was about to leave his mortal form,
he blessed Shabri that one day Lord Rama would visit this ashram to bless
her.She was overwhelmed and from that day she spent every minute in the waiting
of her god.Everyday she plucked the berry fruit from the forest and tasted it.
If she found the fruit to be sweet then she stored them for Lord Rama and rest
she discarded. Her devotion was pure. Many years passed. Shabri was now too old
. One day her wait was over when Lord Rama visited her ashram. This was the
ultimate moment for which she was waiting for.She was overjoyed and welcomed
Lord Rama by washing his feet. She offered berry fruit to him. But before the
offer again she tasted each fruit and she gave only sweet fruit to him.Even Lord Rama
had tears in his eyes to see her devotion.On the other hand Lakshman was not
happy as Shabri offered unworthy fruit after tasting. Lord Rama explained to
Lakshman that the berries are offered with true devotion and nothing in this
world could be as good as these berries. He blessed Shabri .She reached the
ultimate height of spirituality which was difficult for even great sages.
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