Shloka 1
Adhyaya 4 — Jaimini Meets the Dharmapakshis: Four Doubts on the Mahabharata and the Opening of Narayana Doctrine
इति श्रीमार्कण्डेयपुराणे विन्ध्यप्राप्तिर्नाम तृतीयोऽध्यायः ।
चतुर्थोऽध्यायः ।
मार्कण्डेय उवाच—
एवं ते द्रोणतनयाः पक्षिणो ज्ञानिनोऽभवन् ।
वसन्ति ह्यचले विन्ध्ये तानुपास्व च पृच्छ च ॥
iti śrīmārkaṇḍeyapurāṇe vindhyaprāptir nāma tṛtīyo 'dhyāyaḥ |
caturtho 'dhyāyaḥ |
mārkaṇḍeya uvāca—
evaṃ te droṇatanayāḥ pakṣiṇo jñānino 'bhavan |
vasanti hyacale vindhye tān upāsva ca pṛccha ca ||
ਇਸ ਤਰ੍ਹਾਂ ਸ਼੍ਰੀ ਮਾਰਕੰਡੇਯ ਪੁਰਾਣ ਦਾ ‘ਵਿੰਧ੍ਯਾਗਮਨ’ ਨਾਮਕ ਤੀਜਾ ਅਧਿਆਇ ਸਮਾਪਤ ਹੋਇਆ। ਹੁਣ ਚੌਥਾ ਅਧਿਆਇ ਆਰੰਭ ਹੁੰਦਾ ਹੈ। ਮਾਰਕੰਡੇਯ ਨੇ ਕਿਹਾ—ਇਸ ਪ੍ਰਕਾਰ ਦ੍ਰੋਣ ਦੇ ਪੁੱਤਰ ਉਹ ਧਰਮਪੱਖੀ ਗਿਆਨੀ ਹੋ ਗਏ। ਉਹ ਵਿਂਧ੍ਯ ਪਹਾੜ ਉੱਤੇ ਵੱਸਦੇ ਹਨ; ਤੂੰ ਉਨ੍ਹਾਂ ਕੋਲ ਜਾ, ਸੇਵਾ ਕਰ ਅਤੇ ਪ੍ਰਸ਼ਨ ਕਰ।
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Knowledge is approached through humility and right method: first upāsanā (respectful attendance/service), then praśna (disciplined inquiry). The verse sets a dhārmic pedagogy—wisdom is not merely taken, but received through proper relationship and conduct.
Primarily an ākhyāna/frame-setting passage rather than a direct pañcalakṣaṇa unit. Indirectly it supports ‘vaṃśānucarita’/narrative continuity by establishing the sages/birds who will transmit dharma and purāṇic knowledge.
The ‘birds’ symbolize elevated vision (dṛṣṭi) and mobility across realms of meaning; their abode on the Vindhya suggests a liminal, tapas-charged landscape where worldly and spiritual knowledge meet. ‘Upāsva ca pṛccha ca’ encodes an inner discipline: stabilize the mind in reverent attention (upāsanā) before seeking conceptual clarity (praśna).