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Shloka 31

मातङ्ग–शक्रसंवादः

Mataṅga–Śakra Dialogue on Tapas, Status, and Moral Qualities

स्‍्नातानां शुचिभिस्तोयैर्गाज़ियै: प्रयतात्मनाम्‌ । व्युष्टिर्भवति या पुंसां न सा क्रतुशतैरपि,गड़ाजीके पवित्र जलसे स्नान करके जिनका अन्तःकरण शुद्ध हो गया है उन पुरुषोंके पुण्यकी जैसी वृद्धि होती है; वैसी सैकड़ों यज्ञ करनेसे भी नहीं हो सकती

snātānāṃ śucibhis toyair gāṅgaiḥ prayatātmanām | vyuṣṭir bhavati yā puṃsāṃ na sā kratuśatair api ||

ഗംഗയുടെ ശുദ്ധജലത്തിൽ സ്നാനം ചെയ്ത് അന്തഃകരണം ശുദ്ധമായ സംയമികളായ പുരുഷന്മാർക്ക് ഉണ്ടാകുന്ന പുണ്യവർദ്ധന—നൂറു യാഗങ്ങൾ ചെയ്താലും ലഭ്യമല്ല.

स्नातानाम्of those who have bathed
स्नातानाम्:
Adhikarana
TypeAdjective
Rootस्नात (√स्ना)
FormMasculine/Neuter, Genitive, Plural
शुचिभिःwith pure
शुचिभिः:
Karana
TypeAdjective
Rootशुचि
FormMasculine/Neuter, Instrumental, Plural
तोयैःwaters
तोयैः:
Karana
TypeNoun
Rootतोय
FormNeuter, Instrumental, Plural
गाङ्गेयैःGanges-born / of the Ganga (waters)
गाङ्गेयैः:
Karana
TypeAdjective
Rootगाङ्गेय
FormMasculine/Neuter, Instrumental, Plural
प्रयतात्मनाम्of the self-restrained (pure-minded) persons
प्रयतात्मनाम्:
Adhikarana
TypeNoun/Adjective
Rootप्रयतात्मन्
FormMasculine, Genitive, Plural
व्युष्टिःincrease/growth (of merit)
व्युष्टिः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootव्युष्टि
FormFeminine, Nominative, Singular
भवतिarises/is
भवति:
TypeVerb
Root√भू
FormPresent, Third, Singular
याwhich
या:
TypePronoun
Rootयद्
FormFeminine, Nominative, Singular
पुंसाम्of men
पुंसाम्:
Adhikarana
TypeNoun
Rootपुंस्
FormMasculine, Genitive, Plural
not
:
TypeIndeclinable
Root
साthat (increase)
सा:
TypePronoun
Rootतद्
FormFeminine, Nominative, Singular
क्रतुशतैःby hundreds of sacrifices
क्रतुशतैः:
Karana
TypeNoun
Rootक्रतुशत
FormNeuter, Instrumental, Plural
अपिeven/also
अपि:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootअपि

सिद्ध उवाच

S
Siddha
G
Gaṅgā (Ganges)
K
kratu (Vedic sacrifice)

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.