Shloka 79

Devanagari script

भूस्थै: स्वःस्थैर्दिविष्ठै क्ष भूतिरुच्चावचैरपि । गड्जा विगाह्मया सततमेतत्‌ कार्यतमं सताम्‌,पृथ्वी, आकाश तथा स्वर्गमें रहनेवाले छोटे-बड़े सभी प्राणियोंको चाहिये कि वे निरन्तर गंगाजीमें स्नान करें। यही सत्पुरुषोंका सबसे उत्तम कार्य है

Transliteration

bhūsthaiḥ svaḥsthair diviṣṭhaiś ca bhūtīr uccāvacair api | gaṅgāyāṃ vigāhya satatam etat kāryatamaṃ satām ||

Translation

భూమిలో, ఆకాశంలో, స్వర్గలోకంలో నివసించే ఉన్నత-నీచ సమస్త ప్రాణులు నిరంతరం గంగలో స్నానం చేయవలెను; ఇదే సత్పురుషుల అత్యుత్తమ కర్తవ్యమని చెప్పబడింది.

Word by Word

भूस्थैःby/with those dwelling on earth

स्वःस्थैःby/with those dwelling in heaven (svarga)

दिविष्ठैःby/with those dwelling in the sky/heavenly regions

चand

भूतिःprosperity/welfare (or: existence/being)

उच्चावचैःby/with high and low (i.e., great and small)

अपिalso/even

गङ्गायाम्in the Ganga

विगाह्यhaving plunged/bathed

सततम्always/continually

एतत्this

कार्यम्duty/act to be done

तमम्most/exceedingly (best)

सताम्of the good/virtuous people

Speaker

सिद्ध उवाच

Characters & Entities

Siddha

Gaṅgā (Ganges)

Bhūmi (earth)

Svarga (heaven)

Divi (celestial realm)

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Geographic Context

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Regular immersion in the sacred Gaṅgā is praised as a supreme dharmic practice for the virtuous, emphasizing purification and the accumulation of merit as an ideal religious discipline.

What is happening in the narrative?

A Siddha (a perfected sage) is instructing the listener by extolling the Gaṅgā’s sanctity, stating that beings of every realm and status should continually bathe in her, presenting this as an exemplary act for righteous people.