Shloka 2
Keśava-tattva-kathana
On the Principle of Keśava: Cosmogony and Divine Epithets
अथवा तौ गतौ तत्र यदेतत् कीर्तितं त्वया । संवादो वा तयो: को5भूत् कि वा तौ तत्र चक्रतुः
athavā tau gatau tatra yad etat kīrtitaṃ tvayā | saṃvādo vā tayoḥ ko 'bhūt kiṃ vā tau tatra cakratuḥ | tathā tvaṃ yad idaṃ śyomukti-krama-mukti-lokāntara-prāptirūpāṃ trividhaṃ gatiṃ vyākhyātavān, tāsāṃ madhye tau dvau kāṃ gatiṃ prāptau? tadā tayoḥ kiṃ saṃbhāṣaṇaṃ jātaṃ, kiṃ ca tau tatra kṛtavantau?
Sinabi ni Yudhiṣṭhira: “O kung ang dalawa ay nakarating doon gaya ng iyong salaysay, anong pag-uusap ang naganap sa pagitan nila, at ano ang ginawa nila roon? At hinggil sa tatlong uri ng hantungan na ipinaliwanag mo—agarang paglaya, paglaya nang paunti-unti, at pag-abot sa ibang daigdig—alin ang natamo ng dalawang iyon? Ano ang sinabi nila noon, at anong mga gawa ang kanilang isinagawa?”
युधिछिर उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse frames a dharmic inquiry into the nature of spiritual destiny (gati): whether liberation is immediate, gradual, or involves reaching another realm first. It emphasizes careful questioning about outcomes, causes, and the ethical-spiritual significance of actions and dialogue.
Yudhiṣṭhira asks the teacher-narrator to clarify what happened to “the two” previously mentioned: where they went, what they discussed, what they did, and which of the three described spiritual attainments they ultimately reached.