Popular belief and the text
Did Śabarī taste the berries before giving them to Rāma?
Popular beliefŚabarī tastes each berry before offering it to Rāma
In Vālmīki
Not in Vālmīki. Śabarī honours Rāma with forest fruits she has gathered, then gives up her body in the fire and ascends. The tasted berries come from later devotional retellings.
Araṇya Kāṇḍa sarga 74Vālmīki (primary text)
Primary text: Śrīmad Vālmīkīya Rāmāyaṇa, Gita Press, Gorakhpur. Later traditions are labelled as such. Return to the Rāmāyaṇa World.