Shloka 38
Adhyaya 1 — Jaimini’s Questions on the Mahabharata and the Origin of the Wise Birds
मार्कण्डेय उवाच तासां संभ्रममालोक्य भगवान् पाकशासनः ।
पृच्छ्यतां मुनिरित्याह वक्ता यां वो गुणाधिकाम् ॥
mārkaṇḍeya uvāca tāsāṃ saṃbhramam ālokya bhagavān pākaśāsanaḥ / pṛcchyatāṃ munir ity āha vaktā yāṃ vo guṇādhikām
ມາຣກັນເດຍະ ກ່າວວ່າ: ເມື່ອເຫັນຄວາມວຸ່ນວາຍຂອງພວກເຂົາ ພຣະຜູ້ມີພຣະພາກ ປາກະສາສະນະ (ອິນດຣະ) ຈຶ່ງກ່າວວ່າ: «ຈົ່ງຖາມພຣະລະສີນັ້ນ; ທ່ານຈະກ່າວແກ່ເຈົ້າ—ຜູ້ທີ່ເຫນືອກວ່າເຈົ້າທັງຫຼາຍດ້ວຍຄຸນທຳ»។
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FAQs
Instruction is to be sought from the most qualified (guṇādhika) teacher rather than from those stirred by emotion. Agitation (saṃbhrama) is implicitly contrasted with disciplined inquiry (pṛcchā): the proper response to confusion is respectful questioning of a realized muni.
This verse functions primarily as a framing transition (not one of the five topics directly). It supports the Purāṇic method of transmission—authoritative narration through a sage—preparing the ground for later pancalakṣaṇa materials such as manvantara and vaṃśa accounts.
Indra, emblematic of sovereign power and the senses’ lordship, acknowledges a higher authority: wisdom grounded in guṇa (inner excellence). Symbolically, the ‘king of gods’ defers to the seer, indicating that true resolution of turmoil comes from insight (ṛṣi-vision) rather than mere power or reactive urgency.