Shloka 81
मातङ्ग–शक्रसंवादः
Mataṅga–Śakra Dialogue on Tapas, Status, and Moral Qualities
वाय्वीरिताभि: सुमनोहराभि- द्रुताभिरत्यर्थसमुत्थिताभि: । गड़ोर्मिभिर्भानुमतीभिरिद्धा: सहस्नरश्मिप्रतिमा भवन्ति
vāyvīritābhiḥ sumanoharābhiḥ drutābhir atyarthasamudgatābhiḥ | gaṅgormi-bhir bhānumatībhir iddhāḥ sahasraraśmi-pratimā bhavanti ||
Mereka yang dibasuh dan diterangi oleh gelombang-gelombang Gaṅgā yang amat menawan, bercahaya, dan melambung tinggi dengan cepat—didorong oleh angin—akan menjadi gemilang di alam baka laksana matahari bersinar seribu sinar.
सिद्ध उवाच
Educational Q&A
Contact with the sacred Gaṅgā—here depicted as radiant, wind-driven, uplifting waves—purifies and bestows great merit, leading to a luminous, elevated state in the afterlife, comparable to the sun’s brilliance.
A Siddha describes the spiritual result of being bathed/illumined by the Gaṅgā’s beautiful, swiftly surging waves: such persons attain a radiant splendor in the next world, likened to the thousand-rayed sun.