Shloka 38
मातङ्ग–शक्रसंवादः
Mataṅga–Śakra Dialogue on Tapas, Status, and Moral Qualities
यस्तु सूर्येण निष्टप्तं गाड़ेयं पिबते जलम् । गवां निहरिनिर्मुक्तादू यावकात् तद् विशिष्यते
yastu sūryeṇa niṣṭaptaṃ gāḍeyaṃ pibate jalam | gavāṃ nihariniḥmuktād yāvakāt tad viśiṣyate ||
シッダは言った。「日によって温められた水—堅く深い水源から汲み上げた水—を飲む者は、牛糞から選り分けた麦粒で作った大麦粥を食して得る清浄よりも、さらに勝れた清浄を得る。」
सिद्ध उवाच
Educational Q&A
Inner and practical purity can be achieved through simple disciplined habits; drinking sun-warmed water from a proper source is presented as more purifying than a contrived or extreme food practice involving barley recovered from cattle-dung.
A Siddha (accomplished ascetic) is instructing about comparative merit and purification, ranking everyday acts of restraint and cleanliness above unusual or showy practices, thereby guiding ethical living and ascetic discipline.