Shloka 58
मातङ्ग–शक्रसंवादः
Mataṅga–Śakra Dialogue on Tapas, Status, and Moral Qualities
हंसारावै: कोकरवै रवैरन्यैश्व पक्षिणाम् । पस्पर्थ गज गन्धर्वान् पुलिनैश्व शिलोच्चयान्
haṃsārāvaiḥ kokaravaiḥ ravair anyaiś ca pakṣiṇām | paspartha gaṅgā gandharvān pulinaiś ca śiloccayān ||
恒河（Gaṅgā）伴着天鹅的呼唤、鸳鸯（cakravāka）甜美的啼声与群鸟纷呈的歌唱，仿佛与乾闼婆（Gandharva）争胜；又以高耸的沙洲与河岸，似与嶙峋的山巅相竞。
सिद्ध उवाच
Educational Q&A
Excellence need not be expressed through force: Gaṅgā’s ‘competition’ is through sweetness of sound and dignified grandeur. The verse implicitly praises refined qualities—harmony, restraint, and elevating beauty—as ethically superior modes of greatness.
A Siddha poetically describes the Gaṅgā: her banks and sandbars look like mountain-heights, and the chorus of swans, cakravākas, and other birds makes her seem to rival the celestial Gandharvas famed for music.