Shloka 2
Adhyaya 4 — Jaimini Meets the Dharmapakshis: Four Doubts on the Mahabharata and the Opening of Narayana Doctrine
इत्यृषेर्वचनं श्रुत्वा मार्कण्डेयस्य जैमिनिः ।
जगाम विन्ध्यशिखरं यत्र ते धर्मपक्षिणः ॥
ity ṛṣer vacanaṃ śrutvā mārkaṇḍeyasya jaiminiḥ / jagāma vindhya-śikharaṃ yatra te dharma-pakṣiṇaḥ //
मुनि मार्कण्डेयांचे वचन ऐकून जैमिनी विन्ध्याच्या शिखरावर गेला, जिथे ते ‘धर्मपक्षी’ होते।
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FAQs
The verse foregrounds śravaṇa (attentive hearing) followed by pravṛtti (purposeful action): the seeker does not merely collect teachings but moves toward the locus of further instruction. It models disciplined discipleship—receiving a guru’s direction and promptly undertaking the next step in inquiry.
This verse is primarily part of the Purāṇic frame (upodghāta/ākhyāna-prastāva) rather than a direct instance of the five marks (sarga, pratisarga, vaṃśa, manvantara, vaṃśānucarita). Functionally, it sets up the narrative vehicle through which later manvantara/genealogical/dharmic materials will be delivered.
Vindhya-śikhara can be read as a ‘higher vantage’—an ascent from ordinary discourse to subtler discernment. The dharma-pakṣiṇaḥ (‘Dharma-birds’) symbolize living, mobile wisdom: insight that ‘flies’ above narrow viewpoints and can articulate dharma beyond rigid literalism, guiding the seeker from doubt toward integrated understanding.