Shloka 2
Dehānta (Cyavana) and Upapatti: Kāśyapa’s Questions and the Siddha’s Account of Death, Pain, and Karmic Re-embodiment
काश्यप उवाच कथं शरीरं च्यवते कथं चैवोपपद्मते । कथं कष्टाच्च संसारात् संसरन् परिमुच्यते
kāśyapa uvāca: kathaṃ śarīraṃ cyavate kathaṃ caivopapadyate | kathaṃ kaṣṭācca saṃsārāt saṃsaran parimucyate ||
ကာရှျယပက မေး၏—«မဟာတမန်ရေ၊ ဤကိုယ်ခန္ဓာသည် မည်သို့ ကျဆုံးသွားသနည်း။ ထို့နောက် အခြားကိုယ်ခန္ဓာကို မည်သို့ ရရှိသနည်း။ ထို့ပြင် ဒုက္ခပြည့်သော သံသရာတွင် လှည့်လည်သွားလာနေသော ကိုယ်တည်ရှိသတ္တဝါသည် မည်သို့ အပြည့်အဝ လွတ်မြောက်နိုင်သနည်း»။
काश्यप उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse frames the central philosophical problem of saṃsāra: the mechanism of death (the body’s falling away), rebirth (attaining another body), and the means of final release (mokṣa). It signals an inquiry into karma-driven transmigration and the liberating knowledge or discipline that ends suffering.
Kāśyapa, as the speaker, poses a set of probing questions to a revered interlocutor (addressed as “mahātman” in the accompanying sense): he asks how death occurs, how rebirth follows, and how a wandering being can be freed from the painful cycle of worldly existence—setting up a doctrinal explanation in the subsequent passage.