Shloka 61
मातङ्ग–शक्रसंवादः
Mataṅga–Śakra Dialogue on Tapas, Status, and Moral Qualities
वाड्मन:कर्मजै ग्रस्त: पापैरपि पुमानिह । वीक्ष्य गड़ां भवेत् पूतो अत्र मे नास्ति संशय:
vāṅmanakarmajaiḥ grastaḥ pāpair api pumān iha | vīkṣya gaṅgāṃ bhavet pūto 'tra me nāsti saṃśayaḥ ||
يُصرّح السِّدها (Siddha) بأنّ الإنسانَ في هذا العالم، وإن أثقلته خطايا ناشئةٌ عن الفكر والقول وفعل الجسد، يَطهُرُ بمجردِ أن يُبصر الغانغا (Gaṅgā). وفي ذلك—كما يقول—لا شكّ عنده.
सिद्ध उवाच
Educational Q&A
Sins generated through the three channels—speech, mind, and action—can be cleansed through contact with sacredness; here, the Siddha emphasizes that even mere darśana (beholding) of the Gaṅgā has purifying force, offering ethical hope and encouraging reverence for tīrthas.
A Siddha is speaking within the Anuśāsana Parva’s instructional context, praising the Gaṅgā as a purifier and asserting with certainty that her sight alone can cleanse even those weighed down by wrongdoing.