Shloka 87

मातङ्ग–शक्रसंवादः

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

Devanagari script

ख्यातिर्यस्या: खं दिवं गां च नित्यं पुरा दिशो विदिशश्चवावतस्थे । तस्या जल सेव्य सरिद्वराया मर्त्या: सर्वे कृतकृत्या भवन्ति

Transliteration

khyātir yasyāḥ khaṃ divaṃ gāṃ ca nityaṃ purā diśo vidiśaś caivāvatiṣṭhe | tasyā jalaṃ sevya saridvarāyā martyāḥ sarve kṛtakṛtyā bhavanti ||

Translation

ଯାହାଙ୍କ ଖ୍ୟାତି ଆକାଶ, ସ୍ୱର୍ଗ ଓ ପୃଥିବୀରେ, ଏବଂ ସମସ୍ତ ଦିଗ ଓ ଉପଦିଗରେ ପୁରାତନ କାଳରୁ ନିତ୍ୟ ପ୍ରତିଷ୍ଠିତ—ସେହି ସରିତାମାନଙ୍କ ମଧ୍ୟରେ ଶ୍ରେଷ୍ଠା ଭଗବତୀ ଭାଗୀରଥୀଙ୍କ ଜଳ ସେବନ କଲେ ସମସ୍ତ ମର୍ତ୍ୟ କୃତକୃତ୍ୟ ହୁଅନ୍ତି।

Word by Word

• ख्यातिः: fame, renown
• ख्यातिः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: ख्याति
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Singular

• यस्याः: of whom/whose
• यस्याः: Adhikarana
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: यद्
• Form: Feminine, Genitive, Singular

• खम्: sky
• खम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: ख
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• दिवम्: heaven
• दिवम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: दिव्
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• गाम्: earth (lit. cow/land)
• गाम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: गो
• Form: Feminine, Accusative, Singular

• च: and
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च

• नित्यम्: always, constantly
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: नित्य

• पुरा: formerly, of old
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: पुरा

• दिशः: directions
• दिशः: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: दिश्
• Form: Feminine, Accusative, Plural

• विदिशः: intermediate directions
• विदिशः: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: विदिश्
• Form: Feminine, Accusative, Plural

• च: and
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च

• अवाततस्थे: stood spread/extended (pervaded)
• Type: Verb
• Root: स्था (अव-आ-स्था)
• Form: Perfect (Liṭ), 3rd, Singular, Parasmaipada

• तस्याः: of her
• तस्याः: Adhikarana
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Feminine, Genitive, Singular

• जलम्: water
• जलम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: जल
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• सेव्य: to be resorted to/fit to be used
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सेव्
• Form: Gerundive (तव्यत्/यत्), Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• सरिद्वरायाः: of the best of rivers
• सरिद्वरायाः: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: सरिद्वर
• Form: Feminine, Genitive, Singular

• मर्त्याः: mortals, humans
• मर्त्याः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: मर्त्य
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• सर्वे: all
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• कृतकृत्याः: having accomplished what is to be done; fulfilled
• Type: Adjective
• Root: कृतकृत्य
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• भवन्ति: become
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू
• Form: Present (Laṭ), 3rd, Plural, Parasmaipada

Speaker

सिद्ध उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Bhagavatī Bhāgīrathī (Gaṅgā)
• sky (kha)
• heaven (diva)
• earth (gā)
• directions (diś)
• sub-directions (vidiś)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse praises Bhāgīrathī (Gaṅgā) as universally renowned and spiritually efficacious: contact with or partaking of her waters is presented as a means of purification and completion of religious aims, making a person ‘kṛtakṛtya’—one who has fulfilled what is truly required in life.

What is happening in the narrative?

A Siddha (perfected being) speaks in a laudatory, tirtha-mahātmya style, extolling the sanctity and fame of the river Bhāgīrathī and asserting the transformative merit gained by mortals who drink her waters.