Shloka 31
मातङ्ग–शक्रसंवादः
Mataṅga–Śakra Dialogue on Tapas, Status, and Moral Qualities
स््नातानां शुचिभिस्तोयैर्गाज़ियै: प्रयतात्मनाम् । व्युष्टिर्भवति या पुंसां न सा क्रतुशतैरपि
snātānāṃ śucibhis toyair gāṅgaiḥ prayatātmanām | vyuṣṭir bhavati yā puṃsāṃ na sā kratuśatair api ||
ສິດທະກ່າວວ່າ: ສຳລັບບຸລຸດຜູ້ມີວິໄນ ຜູ້ອາບນ້ຳໃນນ້ຳອັນບໍລິສຸດແຫ່ງແມ່ນ້ຳຄົງຄາ (Gaṅgā) ແລະຊຳລະໃຈພາຍໃນໃຫ້ບໍລິສຸດ—ຄວາມເພີ່ມພູນແຫ່ງບຸນທີ່ເກີດຂຶ້ນນັ້ນ ບໍ່ອາດບັນລຸໄດ້ແມ່ນແຕ່ດ້ວຍການປະກອບຍັດຮ້ອຍຄັ້ງ.
सिद्ध उवाच
Educational Q&A
Inner discipline and purification—symbolized by bathing in the pure waters of the Gaṅgā with a controlled mind—can yield greater spiritual merit than the mere accumulation of many external rituals such as a hundred sacrifices.
A Siddha (accomplished sage) is instructing about the relative power of sacred bathing and self-restraint, asserting that the merit gained by purified, disciplined persons through Gaṅgā-snān is incomparable even to extensive sacrificial performance.