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

悉达者说道：那自持有戒、为贤善所敬的人，若在命息将尽之际，于心中忆念恒河，便能获得至上的归趣。

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.