Shloka 70

मातङ्ग–शक्रसंवादः

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

Devanagari script

उत्क्रामद्िश्व यः प्राण: प्रयत: शिष्टसम्मत: । चिन्तयेन्मनसा गड़ां स गतिं परमां लभेत्‌

Transliteration

utkrāmadiśva yaḥ prāṇaḥ prayataḥ śiṣṭa-sammataḥ | cintayen manasā gaṅgāṃ sa gatiṃ paramāṃ labhet ||

Translation

Vị Siddha nói: Người có kỷ luật, được bậc hiền thiện kính trọng, nếu vào lúc hơi thở sinh mệnh sắp lìa mà trong tâm tưởng nhớ sông Gaṅgā, thì sẽ đạt đến cảnh giới tối thượng.

Word by Word

• उत्क्रामति: departs, goes out
• Type: Verb
• Root: उत्-क्रम्
• Form: Lat (present), 3rd, singular, Parasmaipada

• यः: who
• यः: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: यद्
• Form: masculine, nominative, singular

• प्राणः: breath, life-force
• प्राणः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्राण
• Form: masculine, nominative, singular

• प्रयतः: restrained, self-controlled
• Type: Adjective
• Root: प्रयत
• Form: masculine, nominative, singular

• शिष्टसम्मतः: approved by the virtuous/learned
• Type: Adjective
• Root: शिष्टसम्मत
• Form: masculine, nominative, singular

• चिन्तयेत्: should think/meditate
• Type: Verb
• Root: चिन्त्
• Form: Vidhi-lin (optative), 3rd, singular, Parasmaipada

• मनसा: with the mind, mentally
• मनसा: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: मनस्
• Form: neuter, instrumental, singular

• गङ्गाम्: Ganga (the river-goddess)
• गङ्गाम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: गङ्गा
• Form: feminine, accusative, singular

• सः: he
• सः: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: masculine, nominative, singular

• गतिम्: state, course, destination
• गतिम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: गति
• Form: feminine, accusative, singular

• परमाम्: supreme, highest
• Type: Adjective
• Root: परम
• Form: feminine, accusative, singular

• लभेत्: would obtain
• Type: Verb
• Root: लभ्
• Form: Vidhi-lin (optative), 3rd, singular, Atmanepada

Speaker

सिद्ध उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Siddha
• Prāṇa
• Gaṅgā

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

At life’s final moment, a disciplined and ethically respected person who fixes the mind on the sacred Gaṅgā gains the highest posthumous destiny; inner purity and final remembrance are presented as decisive.

What is happening in the narrative?

A Siddha delivers an instruction about the time of death: when the prāṇa departs, mental recollection of Gaṅgā—supported by a life of restraint and good conduct—leads to the supreme gati.