Shloka 19
गङ्गाधारणम् (Gaṅgādhāraṇa) — Śiva Bears the Descent of Gaṅgā
यावत् तानि शरीराणि त्वं जलै्नाभिषिज्चसि । तावत् तेषां गतिरनास्ति सागराणां महानदि
yāvat tāni śarīrāṇi tvaṃ jalair abhiṣiñcasi | tāvat teṣāṃ gatir nāsti sāgarāṇāṃ mahānadī ||
ローマシャは言った。「そなたがそれらの亡骸に水をそそぎ続けるかぎり、彼らには先へ進む道はない――大海へと流れゆく大河よ。」
लोगश उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse underscores a dharmic idea tied to funerary and transitional rites: until the proper ritual action is completed, the deceased are understood as not attaining their onward ‘gati’ (passage/destiny). It highlights responsibility and correctness in rites connected with death.
Lomaśa addresses a ‘great river’ and states that as long as the bodies are being sprinkled with water, those beings do not proceed onward—implying an ongoing rite or liminal moment where the dead are held in transition until the act is finished.