Shloka 41
Pūjādi-kathana — Gaṅgā Vratas, Tenfold Worship, Stotra, and Mokṣa on the Riverbank
अन्ते वैराग्यसंपन्नो गंगां स लभते पुनः । स तया श्रद्धया युक्तो गंगायां मरणं लभेत् ॥ ४१ ॥
ante vairāgyasaṃpanno gaṃgāṃ sa labhate punaḥ | sa tayā śraddhayā yukto gaṃgāyāṃ maraṇaṃ labhet || 41 ||
ಅಂತ್ಯದಲ್ಲಿ ವೈರಾಗ್ಯಸಂಪನ್ನನಾಗಿ ಅವನು ಮತ್ತೆ ಗಂಗೆಯನ್ನು ಪಡೆಯುತ್ತಾನೆ. ಆ ಶ್ರದ್ಧೆಯೊಡನೆ ಗಂಗಾತೀರದಲ್ಲಿ ದೇಹತ್ಯಾಗವನ್ನು ಹೊಂದುತ್ತಾನೆ॥
Narada
Vrata: none
Rasa: {"primary_rasa":"shanta","secondary_rasa":"bhakti","emotional_journey":"From ripened dispassion (vairāgya) to a serene return to Gaṅgā, culminating in the sanctified ideal of dying with faith at her banks."}
FAQs
The verse links two essentials for liberation-oriented living—vairāgya (dispassion) and śraddhā (faith)—and presents Gaṅgā as a supreme tīrtha where a faith-filled end of life is viewed as spiritually auspicious and purifying.
By emphasizing śraddhā (faith) directed toward a sacred embodiment of divine grace (Gaṅgā), the verse reflects a bhakti disposition: approaching the holy with trust and surrender, especially at life’s culmination.
No specific Vedāṅga technique is taught here; the practical takeaway is tīrtha-sevā and end-of-life religious observance—cultivating vairāgya and sustaining śraddhā to seek an auspicious final remembrance at a sacred place.