Shloka 26

मातङ्ग–शक्रसंवादः

Mataṅga–Śakra Dialogue on Tapas, Status, and Moral Qualities

Devanagari script

सिद्ध उवाच ते देशास्ते जनपदास्ते5<श्रमास्ते च पर्वता: । येषां भागीरथी गड्ा मध्येनैति सरिद्वरा,सिद्धने कहा--ब्रह्मन्‌! वे ही देश, जनपद, आश्रम और पर्वत पुण्यकी दृष्टिसे सर्वश्रेष्ठ हैं, जिनके बीचसे होकर सरिताओंमें उत्तम भागीरथी गड़ा बहती हैं इति श्रीमहाभारते अनुशासनपर्वणि दानधर्मपर्वणि गज्भामाहात्म्यक थने षड्विंशो5ध्याय:

Transliteration

siddha uvāca | te deśās te janapadās te āśramās te ca parvatāḥ | yeṣāṃ bhāgīrathī gaṅgā madhyenaiti saridvarā ||

Translation

The Siddha said: ‘O Brahmin, those lands, those provinces, those hermitages, and those mountains are supremely meritorious—indeed the most blessed—through whose midst flows Bhāgīrathī Gaṅgā, the foremost of rivers.’

Word by Word

सिद्धःthe Siddha (perfected sage)

उवाचsaid/spoke

तेthose

देशाःcountries/regions

तेthose

जनपदाःdistricts/kingdoms

तेthose

आश्रमाःhermitages

तेthose

चand

पर्वताःmountains

येषाम्of which/whose

भागीरथीBhāgīrathī (the Ganges)

गङ्गाGaṅgā

मध्येनthrough the middle/between

एतिgoes/flows

सरित्-वराbest of rivers

Speaker

सिद्ध उवाच

Characters & Entities

Siddha

Bhāgīrathī (Gaṅgā)

deśa (regions)

janapada (provinces)

āśrama (hermitages)

parvata (mountains)

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Geographic Context

Sandhi Notes