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 ||
கங்கையின் தூய நீரில் நீராடி உள்ளம் சுத்தமடைந்த கட்டுப்பாடுடைய ஆண்களுக்கு உண்டாகும் புண்ணிய வளர்ச்சி—நூறு யாகங்கள் செய்தாலும் கிடையாது.
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.