Markandeya Purana — Adhyaya 4, Shloka 1
Adhyaya 4 — Jaimini Meets the Dharmapakshis: Four Doubts on the Mahabharata and the Opening of Narayana Doctrine
इति श्रीमार्कण्डेयपुराणे विन्ध्यप्राप्तिर्नाम तृतीयोऽध्यायः ।
चतुर्थोऽध्यायः ।
मार्कण्डेय उवाच—
एवं ते द्रोणतनयाः पक्षिणो ज्ञानिनोऽभवन् ।
वसन्ति ह्यचले विन्ध्ये तानुपास्व च पृच्छ च ॥
iti śrīmārkaṇḍeyapurāṇe vindhyaprāptir nāma tṛtīyo 'dhyāyaḥ |
caturtho 'dhyāyaḥ |
mārkaṇḍeya uvāca—
evaṃ te droṇatanayāḥ pakṣiṇo jñānino 'bhavan |
vasanti hyacale vindhye tān upāsva ca pṛccha ca ||
इस प्रकार श्रीमार्कण्डेय पुराण का ‘विन्ध्यागमन’ नामक तृतीय अध्याय समाप्त हुआ। अब चतुर्थ अध्याय आरम्भ होता है। मार्कण्डेय बोले—इस प्रकार द्रोण के पुत्र वे धर्मपक्षी बुद्धिमान हो गए। वे विन्ध्य पर्वत पर रहते हैं; तुम उनके पास जाओ, उनकी सेवा करो और उनसे प्रश्न करो।
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FAQs
Knowledge is approached through humility and right method: first upāsanā (respectful attendance/service), then praśna (disciplined inquiry). The verse sets a dhārmic pedagogy—wisdom is not merely taken, but received through proper relationship and conduct.
Primarily an ākhyāna/frame-setting passage rather than a direct pañcalakṣaṇa unit. Indirectly it supports ‘vaṃśānucarita’/narrative continuity by establishing the sages/birds who will transmit dharma and purāṇic knowledge.
The ‘birds’ symbolize elevated vision (dṛṣṭi) and mobility across realms of meaning; their abode on the Vindhya suggests a liminal, tapas-charged landscape where worldly and spiritual knowledge meet. ‘Upāsva ca pṛccha ca’ encodes an inner discipline: stabilize the mind in reverent attention (upāsanā) before seeking conceptual clarity (praśna).