Shloka 22

Adhyaya 4 — Jaimini Meets the Dharmapakshis: Four Doubts on the Mahabharata and the Opening of Narayana Doctrine

Sanskrit

जैमिनिरुवाच

श्रूयतां द्विजशार्दूलाः कारणं येन कन्दरम् ।

विन्ध्यस्येहागतो रम्यं रेवाद्वारिकणोक्षितम् ।

सन्देहान् भारते शास्त्रे तान् प्रष्टुं गतवानहम् ॥

Transliteration

jaiminir uvāca

śrūyatāṃ dvijaśārdūlāḥ kāraṇaṃ yena kandaram |

vindhyasyehāgato ramyaṃ revādvārikaṇokṣitam |

sandehān bhārate śāstre tān praṣṭuṃ gatavān aham ||

Translation

ໄຊມິນີກ່າວວ່າ: “ໂອ ທ່ານທັງຫຼາຍ ຜູ້ເປັນເສືອໃນຫມູ່ຜູ້ເກີດສອງຄັ້ງ, ຈົ່ງຟັງເຫດຜົນທີ່ຂ້ອຍມາທີ່ນີ້—ມາຍັງຖ້ຳແຫ່ງວິນທະຍາ ອັນງາມວິໄລ ແລະຖືກປະພອຍດ້ວຍນ້ຳຢູ່ປາກທາງແຫ່ງແມ່ນ້ຳເຣວາ. ຂ້ອຍມາເພື່ອຖາມກ່ຽວກັບຄວາມສົງໄສທີ່ຂ້ອຍມີ ວ່າດ້ວຍພາຣະຕະ-ສາສຕຣາ.”

Speakers

• Jaimini (addressing assembled Brahmin sages; within the broader Mārkaṇḍeya–Jaimini frame)

Key Themes

• Frame narrative
• Questioning tradition (praśna–uttara)
• Sacred geography (Vindhya, Revā/Narmadā)
• Hermitage/cave as a locus of teaching