Shloka 8
Brāhmaṇya-प्रश्नः — The Inquiry into Attaining Brāhmaṇya
Mataṅga–Gardabhī Itihāsa
काश्मीरमण्डले नद्यो या: पतन्ति महानदम् | ता नदी: सिन्धुमासाद्य शीलवान् स्वर्गमाप्तुयात्,काश्मीर प्रान्तकी जो-जो नदियाँ महानद सिन्धुमें मिलती हैं, उनमें तथा सिन्धुमें स्नान करके शीलवान् पुरुष मरनेके बाद स्वर्गमें जाता है
kāśmīramaṇḍale nadyo yāḥ patanti mahānadam | tā nadīḥ sindhum āsādya śīlavān svargam āptuyāt ||
อชฑริยะกล่าวว่า “ในแคว้นกัศมีระ แม่น้ำใด ๆ ที่ไหลลงสู่มหานทีสินธุ ผู้ใดไปถึงแม่น้ำเหล่านั้นและแม่น้ำสินธุแล้วอาบน้ำชำระ หากเป็นผู้มีศีล ย่อมได้สวรรค์หลังความตาย”
अजड्रिय उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse links sacred bathing at revered rivers (especially those joining the Sindhu) with the ethical prerequisite of śīla (good conduct), implying that ritual acts bear their promised fruit most fittingly when grounded in moral character.
Ajadriya is describing a tīrtha-related merit: rivers of the Kashmir region that descend into the great river and the Sindhu itself are presented as sacred bathing places, and he states the resulting fruit—heaven after death—for a person of good conduct who bathes there.