Shloka 2
The Greatness of the Month of Māgha
Māgha-snāna, Harivāsara, and the Kāṣṭhīlā-Upākhyāna
त्वद्वाक्याद्विस्मयो जातः काष्ठीले सांप्रतं मम । कथं दृष्टा मया त्वं च यास्यंती कुत्सितां गतिम् ॥ २ ॥
tvadvākyādvismayo jātaḥ kāṣṭhīle sāṃprataṃ mama | kathaṃ dṛṣṭā mayā tvaṃ ca yāsyaṃtī kutsitāṃ gatim || 2 ||
听到你的话，噢迦湿提罗（Kāṣṭhīlā），我如今满怀惊异。你正走向被谴责、可耻的生存境地，我却为何还能见到你？
Unspecified narrator/dialogue speaker (a male interlocutor addressing Kāṣṭhīlā)
Vrata: none
Rasa: {"primary_rasa":"adbhuta","secondary_rasa":"karuna","emotional_journey":"Astonishment at Kāṣṭhīlā’s words turns into troubled concern on realizing she is headed toward a condemned destiny."}
FAQs
The verse highlights the moral tension between direct perception and karmic destiny: even if one encounters a being in the present, that being may still be bound for a “kutsitā gati” due to prior actions, underscoring the inevitability of karma unless transformed by dharma and purification.
While bhakti is not named explicitly here, the verse sets up a typical Purāṇic teaching moment: shock at a fallen destiny prompts inquiry, which is commonly resolved through remedies such as devotion, vows, and sacred practices that redirect one from condemned outcomes toward auspicious states.
No specific Vedāṅga (like Vyākaraṇa, Jyotiṣa, or Kalpa) is taught in this line; the practical takeaway is ethical—understanding “gati” as a karmic consequence and seeking corrective dharmic acts (often detailed elsewhere in the māhātmya context).