Shloka 50
मातङ्ग–शक्रसंवादः
Mataṅga–Śakra Dialogue on Tapas, Status, and Moral Qualities
Devanagari script
उपासते यथा बाला मातर क्षुधयार्दिता: । श्रेयस्कामास्तथा गड़ामुपासन्तीह देहिन:
Transliteration
upāsate yathā bālā mātaraṁ kṣudhayārditāḥ | śreyaskāmās tathā gaḍāṁ upāsantīha dehinaḥ ||
Translation
उपासते यथा बालाः मातरं क्षुधयार्दिताः । श्रेयस्कामास्तथा गङ्गामुपासन्तीह देहिनः ॥
Word by Word
उपासतेthey worship/attend upon
उपासते:
TypeVerb
Rootउप-आस् (धातु)
FormLat, Ātmanepada, 3, Plural
यथाjust as
यथा:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootयथा
बालाःchildren
बालाः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootबाल (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine, Nominative, Plural
मातरम्mother
मातरम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootमातृ (प्रातिपदिक)
FormFeminine, Accusative, Singular
क्षुधयाby hunger
क्षुधया:
Karana
TypeNoun
Rootक्षुध् (प्रातिपदिक)
FormFeminine, Instrumental, Singular
आर्दिताःafflicted/tormented
आर्दिताः:
TypeAdjective
Rootआर्दित (कृदन्त; आर्द्/अर्द् धातु से क्त)
FormMasculine, Nominative, Plural
श्रेयस्-कामाःdesiring welfare/the good
श्रेयस्-कामाः:
Karta
TypeAdjective
Rootश्रेयस् + काम (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine, Nominative, Plural
तथाso/in the same way
तथा:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootतथा
गदाम्Gadā (the mace / the deity/person named Gadā, as object of worship)
गदाम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootगदा (प्रातिपदिक)
FormFeminine, Accusative, Singular
उपासन्तिthey worship
उपासन्ति:
TypeVerb
Rootउप-आस् (धातु)
FormLat, Parasmaipada, 3, Plural
इहhere/in this world
इह:
Adhikarana
TypeIndeclinable
Rootइह
देहिनःembodied beings
देहिनः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootदेहिन् (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine, Nominative, Plural
Speaker
सिद्ध उवाच
Characters & Entities
S
Siddha (speaker)M
MotherC
ChildrenG
GaḍāCharacter Dynamics
Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)
Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)
Philosophical Teaching
Political Layer
Meter (Chandas)
Sandhi Notes
Educational Q&A
Those who seek śreyas (true and lasting welfare) naturally turn toward a trusted refuge; devotion is portrayed as an instinctive movement toward protection and nourishment, like a hungry child seeking its mother.
A Siddha delivers an illustrative comparison: the way hunger drives children to their mother, the longing for well-being drives embodied beings to worship and seek support in Gaḍā within the world.