Shloka 85

मातङ्ग–शक्रसंवादः

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

Devanagari script

यो वत्स्यति द्रक्ष्यति वापि मर्त्य- स्तस्मै प्रयच्छन्ति सुखानि देवा: । तद्धभाविता: स्पर्शनदर्शनेन इष्टां गतिं तस्य सुरा दिशन्ति

Transliteration

yo vatsyati drakṣyati vāpi martyaḥ tasmai prayacchanti sukhāni devāḥ | taddhāva-bhāvitāḥ sparśana-darśanena iṣṭāṃ gatiṃ tasya surā diśanti ||

Translation

Phàm người nào ở bên bờ sông Hằng, hoặc chỉ cần được thấy nàng, đều được chư thiên ban phúc lạc. Những ai đã được thanh tẩy và chuyển hóa bởi sự chạm và cái nhìn của nàng, sẽ được chính chư thiên—những vị đã đạt uy đức nhờ sông Hằng—dẫn đến cảnh giới như ý, tốt lành.

Word by Word

• यः: who (he who)
• यः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• वत्स्यति: will dwell/live
• Type: Verb
• Root: वस् (धातु)
• Form: Simple Future (Luṭ), 3rd, Singular

• द्रक्ष्यति: will see
• Type: Verb
• Root: दृश् (धातु)
• Form: Simple Future (Luṭ), 3rd, Singular

• वा: or
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: वा (निपात)

• अपि: also/even
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि (निपात)

• मर्त्यः: a mortal/man
• मर्त्यः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: मर्त्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• तस्मै: to him
• तस्मै: Sampradana
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Dative, Singular

• प्रयच्छन्ति: give/bestow
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र-यम्/यच्छ् (धातु; दा-अर्थे)
• Form: Present (Laṭ), 3rd, Plural

• सुखानि: happinesses/pleasures
• सुखानि: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: सुख (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Plural

• देवाः: the gods
• देवाः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: देव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• तत्: that (him/that one; i.e., such a person)
• तत्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• भाविताः: purified/imbued (made so)
• भाविताः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: भावित (कृदन्त; भू धातोः क्त)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• स्पर्शनदर्शनेन: by (her) touch and sight
• स्पर्शनदर्शनेन: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्पर्शन-दर्शन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter, Instrumental, Singular

• इष्टाम्: desired
• Type: Adjective
• Root: इष्ट (कृदन्त; इष्/इच्छ् धातोः क्त)
• Form: Feminine, Accusative, Singular

• गतिम्: destination/state (after death)
• गतिम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: गति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Feminine, Accusative, Singular

• तस्य: of him
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Genitive, Singular

• सुराः: the gods
• सुराः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: सुर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• दिशन्ति: grant/assign/show
• Type: Verb
• Root: दिश् (धातु)
• Form: Present (Laṭ), 3rd, Plural

Speaker

सिद्ध उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Siddha (speaker)
• Devāḥ/Sūrāḥ (the gods)
• Gaṅgā (implied by context: her bank, touch, and sight)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Reverent association with the sacred—here expressed as dwelling near, seeing, and touching the Gaṅgā—purifies a person and draws divine support, culminating in a desired auspicious destiny. The verse links external sacred contact to inner transformation (bhāva) and ethical uplift.

What is happening in the narrative?

A Siddha is describing the fruit (phala) of Gaṅgā-related pilgrimage and devotion: humans who reside by or behold the river receive happiness from the gods, and those purified by her touch and sight are guided by the gods toward their wished-for spiritual end.