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Shloka 62

मातङ्ग–शक्रसंवादः

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

सप्तावरान्‌ सप्त परान्‌ पितृस्तेभ्यश्व ये परे । पुमांस्तारयते गज्जां वीक्ष्य स्पृष्टवावगाहु च

saptāvarān sapta parān pitṝs tebhyaś ca ye pare | pumāṁs tārayate gaṅgāṁ vīkṣya spṛṣṭvā avagāhya ca ||

Le Siddha dit : Par le seul fait de contempler la Gaṅgā, de toucher ses eaux et de s’y baigner, un homme devient cause de délivrance pour sa lignée — sept générations d’ancêtres et sept générations de descendants, et même les aïeux et la postérité au-delà de ce compte.

सप्तseven
सप्त:
Karma
TypeAdjective
Rootसप्त
FormMasculine, Accusative, Plural
अवरान्lower/earlier (generations)
अवरान्:
Karma
TypeAdjective
Rootअवर
FormMasculine, Accusative, Plural
सप्तseven
सप्त:
Karma
TypeAdjective
Rootसप्त
FormMasculine, Accusative, Plural
परान्higher/later (generations)
परान्:
Karma
TypeAdjective
Rootपर
FormMasculine, Accusative, Plural
पितॄन्ancestors/fathers
पितॄन्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootपितृ
FormMasculine, Accusative, Plural
तेभ्यःfrom them/than them
तेभ्यः:
Apadana
TypePronoun
Rootतद्
FormMasculine/Neuter, Ablative, Plural
and
:
TypeIndeclinable
Root
येwho/which
ये:
Karta
TypePronoun
Rootयद्
FormMasculine, Nominative, Plural
परेhigher/further (beyond)
परे:
Karta
TypeAdjective
Rootपर
FormMasculine, Nominative, Plural
पुमान्a man/person
पुमान्:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootपुमांस्
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
तारयतेcauses to cross/saves/delivers
तारयते:
TypeVerb
Rootतॄ
FormPresent, Third, Singular, Parasmaipada
गङ्गाम्the Ganga (river)
गङ्गाम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootगङ्गा
FormFeminine, Accusative, Singular
वीक्ष्यhaving seen
वीक्ष्य:
TypeVerb
Rootवीक्ष्
FormAbsolutive (Gerund), Parasmaipada
स्पृष्ट्वाhaving touched
स्पृष्ट्वा:
TypeVerb
Rootस्पृश्
FormAbsolutive (Gerund), Parasmaipada
अवगाह्यhaving bathed/immersed (in it)
अवगाह्य:
TypeVerb
Rootअव-गाह्
FormAbsolutive (Gerund), Parasmaipada
and
:
TypeIndeclinable
Root

सिद्ध उवाच

S
Siddha
G
Gaṅgā (Ganges)
P
Pitṛs (ancestors)

Educational Q&A

Reverent contact with the Gaṅgā—seeing, touching, and bathing—functions as a powerful act of purification whose merit is understood to extend beyond the individual to one’s ancestors and descendants, emphasizing responsibility to lineage and the transformative value of sacred practice.

A Siddha is instructing the listener about the spiritual efficacy (māhātmya) of the Gaṅgā, stating that simple acts of devotion toward her waters can bring deliverance to multiple generations of one’s family line.