Shloka 30
मातङ्ग–शक्रसंवादः
Mataṅga–Śakra Dialogue on Tapas, Status, and Moral Qualities
पूर्वे वयसि कर्माणि कृत्वा पापानि ये नरा: । पश्चात् गड्ां निषेवन्ते तेडपि यान्त्युत्तमां गतिम्
pūrve vayasi karmāṇi kṛtvā pāpāni ye narāḥ | paścāt gaḍāṃ niṣevante te 'pi yānty uttamāṃ gatim ||
Bậc Siddha nói: Những người thuở đầu đời đã làm điều tội lỗi, nhưng về sau chuyên tâm thực hành nương tựa sông Hằng, thì ngay cả họ cũng đạt đến cảnh giới tối thượng.
सिद्ध उवाच
Educational Q&A
Even if a person has committed sins earlier in life, later sincere adoption of disciplined, dharmic practice can lead to the highest end; moral transformation is possible and is valued in dharma.
A Siddha is instructing the listener by giving a general rule about human conduct and its results: earlier sinful actions do not irrevocably doom a person if they later turn toward a purifying discipline symbolized here by taking up the gadā.