Shloka 8
Keśava-tattva-kathana
On the Principle of Keśava: Cosmogony and Divine Epithets
ब्राह्मण उवाच कृतः प्रयत्न: सुमहान् सर्वेषां संनिधाविह । सह तुल्यफलावावं गच्छावो यत्र नौ गति:
brāhmaṇa uvāca | kṛtaḥ prayatnaḥ sumahān sarveṣāṁ saṁnidhāv iha | saha tulyaphalāv āvāṁ gacchāvo yatra nau gatiḥ ||
婆罗门说道：“大王啊，我在此众人面前，已竭尽极大努力，要将我苦行与诵念（japa）之果奉献于你；然而你坚持要我们共同享受其报。故此，让我们二人同分一德，同享一果。来吧——就让我们并肩而行，直至命运所许之处。”
ब्राह्मण उवाच
Educational Q&A
Merit and spiritual results are ethically framed here as something that should not become a cause for rivalry or coercion; the Brāhmaṇa proposes equality and shared participation, emphasizing fairness, consent, and companionship in pursuing one’s destined course.
A Brāhmaṇa addresses a king before an assembly, stating that he tried hard to give the king the fruit of his japa/tapas, but since the king insists on sharing the result together, the Brāhmaṇa agrees that both should receive equal merit and invites the king to proceed together as far as their respective destiny permits.