Shloka 20
Adhyaya 4 — Jaimini Meets the Dharmapakshis: Four Doubts on the Mahabharata and the Opening of Narayana Doctrine
अथवा नैतदुक्तं हि सम्यगस्माभिरादृतैः ।
भवता सङ्गमो येषां तेषामकुशलं कुतः ॥
athavā naitad uktaṃ hi samyag asmābhir ādṛtaiḥ | bhavatā saṅgamo yeṣāṃ teṣām akuśalaṃ kutaḥ ||
अथवा नैतदस्माभिः सम्यगुक्तं, यद्यपि सादरं वयं ब्रूमः; यैस्त्वया सह सङ्गतिः, तेषां कथं किञ्चिदमङ्गलं भवेत्?
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FAQs
The verse elevates the moral power of noble company: association with a virtuous or spiritually eminent person is itself protective and auspicious. It implies that ‘evil outcomes’ are not intrinsic to such association; rather, good company is a cause of welfare (śubha) and a restraint on adharma.
This verse is best classified under ethical instruction within the Purāṇic frame-narrative, not directly under the five cosmological markers. It aligns most loosely with ‘vaṃśānucarita’ (accounts of conduct/character) in the sense that it comments on the qualities and influence of a person, but it is primarily didactic dialogue rather than sarga/pratisarga/manvantara/vaṃśa.
On an inner level, ‘association (saṅga)’ can be read as the mind’s contact with a higher principle (guru, sattva, dharma). When consciousness ‘associates’ with the elevating influence, the seeds of akuśala (unwholesome karmic tendencies) fail to find a supporting ground—suggesting that right alignment itself dissolves misfortune at its root.