Shloka 47
Adhyaya 1 — Jaimini’s Questions on the Mahabharata and the Origin of the Wise Birds
तद्गीतध्वनिमाकर्ण्य मुनिर्विस्मितमानसः ।
जगाम तत्र यत्रास्ते सा बाला रुचिरानना ॥
tad-gīta-dhvanim ākarṇya munir vismita-mānasaḥ |
jagāma tatra yatrāste sā bālā rucirānanā ||
ആ പാട്ടിന്റെ നാദം കേട്ട് മുനിയുടെ മനസ്സ് വിസ്മയത്തോടെ നിറഞ്ഞു; സുന്ദരമുഖിയായ ആ കന്യക ഇരുന്നിരുന്ന സ്ഥലത്തേക്ക് അദ്ദേഹം ചെന്നു।
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FAQs
The verse models the seeker’s posture: attentive listening (śravaṇa) followed by purposeful movement toward the source of wisdom. Wonder is not treated as distraction but as a catalyst that turns curiosity into disciplined inquiry.
This verse is primarily frame-narrative scaffolding rather than a direct instance of sarga (creation), pratisarga, vaṃśa (genealogy), manvantara, or vaṃśānucarita. It functions as narrative linkage that prepares the ground for later doctrinal and historical sections.
The ‘sound of song’ can be read as śabda (revealing vibration) that draws consciousness inward and onward. The maiden with a ‘lovely face’ may symbolically represent an inviting gateway to hidden knowledge—where beauty (ruci) signifies clarity and attractiveness of truth that compels the mind to approach.