यज्जलस्पर्शमात्रेण ब्रह्मदण्डहता अपि । सगरात्मजा दिवं जग्मु: केवलं देहभस्मभि: ॥ १२ ॥
yaj-jala-sparsa-matrena brahma-danda-hata api sagaratmaja divam jagmuh kevalam deha-bhasmabhih
- yat-jala
- whose water
- sparsa-matrena
- simply by touching
- brahma-danda-hatah
- those who were condemned for offending brahma, the self
- api
- although
- sagara-atmajah
- the sons of Sagara
- divam
- to the heavenly planes
- jagmuh
- went
- kevalam
- only
- deha-bhasmabhih
- by the remaining ashes of their burnt bodies.
Because the sons of Sagara Maharaja had offended a great personality, the heat of their bodies had increased, and they were burnt to ashes. But simply by being sprinkled with water from the Ganges, all of them became eligible to go to the heavenly planes. What then is to be said of those who use the water of mother Ganges to worship her?