Shabari's tasted berries

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Eating a half-eaten fruit is the Ramayana's most famous act of grace.

Shabari served Sage Matanga near Mount Rishyamukha; he told her to wait for Rama. She tasted each berry and kept only the sweet ones. Lakshmana objected; Rama accepted, saying devotion is what counts, taught her nine forms of devotion (navadha bhakti), and she told him to seek Sugriva. Sureban near Belgaum is said to be where they met.