Adhyaya 10 — Jaimini’s Questions on Birth, Death, Karma, and the Embodied Journey
पक्षिण ऊचुः पिता प्राह ततः पुत्रं श्रद्धधत् तस्य तद्वचः ।
भवता यद्वयं पृष्टाः संसारग्रहणाश्रयम् ॥
pakṣiṇa ūcuḥ pitā prāha tataḥ putraṃ śraddadhat tasya tadvacaḥ | bhavatā yad vayaṃ pṛṣṭāḥ saṃsāragrahaṇāśrayam ||
鳥たちは言った。すると父は子の言葉を信じて子に語った。(そして言った。)「汝がサンサーラ(輪廻)を掴み取り、絡め取ることへ導く根拠について我らに問うたゆえに……」
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Right inquiry begins with trust (śraddhā) and a clear question about causes of bondage; the Purāṇa models how to seek teaching through layered narration.
Not pancalakṣaṇa proper; it is kathā-bandha (narrative linkage) enabling dharma-upadeśa.
Bird-narrators symbolize a higher vantage (detachment) from which saṃsāra can be analyzed; the ‘basis of grasping’ hints at avidyā and vāsanā as the hidden supports.