Shloka 100

मातङ्ग–शक्रसंवादः

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

Devanagari script

लोकानिमांस्त्रीन्‌ू यशसा वितत्य सिद्धि प्राप्प महतीं तां दुरापाम्‌ । गड्जाकृतानचिरेणैव लोकान्‌ यथ्थेष्टमिष्टान्‌ विहरिष्यसि त्वम्‌

Transliteration

lokān imāṁs trīn yaśasā vitatya siddhiṁ prāpsyasi mahatīṁ tāṁ durāpām | gaṅgākṛtān acireṇaiva lokān yathā-iṣṭam iṣṭān vihariṣyasi tvam ||

Translation

یوں تم نہایت دشوارالوصُول عظیم سِدّھی حاصل کرکے تینوں لوکوں میں اپنی شہرت پھیلاؤ گے۔ اور گنگا دیوی کی خدمت سے پیدا ہونے والے پُنّیہ کے سبب، جلد ہی اُن مطلوبہ لوکوں تک پہنچو گے اور وہاں اپنی مرضی کے مطابق آزادانہ سیر کرو گے۔

Word by Word

• {'lokān': 'worlds

• realms of existence', 'imān': 'these', 'trīn': 'three (the three worlds: earth, mid-region, heaven)', 'yaśasā': 'by fame

• by glory', 'vitatya': 'having spread

• having extended', 'siddhim': 'spiritual accomplishment

• perfected attainment', 'prāpsyasi': 'you will obtain

• you will attain', 'mahatīm': 'great', 'durāpām': 'difficult to obtain

• rare', 'gaṅgākṛtān': 'brought about by Gaṅgā

• produced through (service/merit connected with) Gaṅgā', 'acireṇa': 'soon

• in no long time', 'eva': 'indeed

• certainly', 'iṣṭān': 'desired

• cherished', 'yathā-iṣṭam': 'as one wishes

• according to one’s desire', 'vihariṣyasi': 'you will roam

• you will enjoy moving about', 'tvam': 'you'}

Speaker

सिद्ध उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Siddha (speaker)
• Three worlds (trailokya)
• Gaṅgā (river goddess)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

That sincere service connected with a sacred source like Gaṅgā generates powerful merit leading to rare spiritual attainment (siddhi), widespread good repute, and access to auspicious realms—emphasizing dharmic action and reverence as ethically transformative.

What is happening in the narrative?

A Siddha addresses the listener with a prophetic assurance: by extending fame across the three worlds and through the merit arising from service to Gaṅgā, the person will soon attain a difficult, exalted siddhi and then freely enjoy movement in the desired worlds obtained thereby.