Adhyaya 10 — Jaimini’s Questions on Birth, Death, Karma, and the Embodied Journey
पक्षिण ऊचुः तस्य तद्वचनं श्रुत्वा हर्षविस्मयगद्गदम् ।
पिता प्राह महाभागः स्वसुतं हृष्टमानसः ॥
pakṣiṇa ūcuḥ tasya tad-vacanaṃ śrutvā harṣa-vismaya-gadgadam | pitā prāha mahā-bhāgaḥ sva-sutaṃ hṛṣṭa-mānasaḥ ||
પક્ષીઓએ કહ્યું: તેના વચન સાંભળી—આનંદ અને આશ્ચર્યથી ગળું ભરાઈ જઈ—તે ભાગ્યવાન પિતા મનથી પ્રસન્ન થઈ પોતાના પુત્રને બોલ્યો.
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The tradition values genuine awakening; elders respond not with suppression but with inquiry and support, recognizing that true insight can arise suddenly when karmic conditions ripen.
Narrative framing (ākhyāna) supporting dharma-upadeśa; ancillary to the Pancalakṣaṇa categories, serving as the vehicle for instruction.
The ‘birds’ as narrators indicate a didactic allegory: higher discernment (symbolized by aerial vision) witnesses and validates inner transformation.