Shloka 24
Adhyaya 4 — Jaimini Meets the Dharmapakshis: Four Doubts on the Mahabharata and the Opening of Narayana Doctrine
स च पृष्टो मया प्राह सन्ति विन्ध्ये महाचले ।
द्रोणपुत्रा महात्मानस् ते वक्ष्मन्त्यर्थविस्तरम् ॥
sa ca pṛṣṭo mayā prāha santi vindhye mahācale / droṇaputrā mahātmānas te vakṣmanty arthavistaram
ഞാൻ അവനോട് ചോദിച്ചപ്പോൾ അവൻ മറുപടി പറഞ്ഞു—മഹാ വിന്ധ്യപർവ്വതത്തിൽ ദ്രോണന്റെ മഹാത്മ പുത്രന്മാർ വസിക്കുന്നു; അവർ ഈ വിഷയത്തെ നിനക്കു സമ്പൂർണ്ണമായി വിശദീകരിക്കും।
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FAQs
Knowledge is to be sought from appropriate authorities: when one teacher indicates that others are better placed to expound a topic, the seeker should approach those qualified expositors. The verse models humility in instruction and diligence in inquiry.
This verse is primarily part of the Purāṇic frame-narrative and does not directly present one of the five (sarga, pratisarga, vaṃśa, manvantara, vaṃśānucarita). Indirectly, it supports vaṃśa/lineage consciousness by referencing a teacher-line (Droṇa’s sons/descendants) as transmitters of tradition.
Vindhya as ‘mahācala’ can symbolize the stable inner ground where instruction is received; the ‘sons of Droṇa’ symbolize disciplined mastery (Droṇa as archetypal guru of martial/technical knowledge). The ‘artha-vistara’ indicates that truth unfolds by stages through successive guides rather than in a single utterance.