Shloka 33
Adhyaya 10 — Jaimini’s Questions on Birth, Death, Karma, and the Embodied Journey
पितोवाच किमेतद्वदसे वत्स कुतस्ते ज्ञानसम्भवः ।
केन ते जडता पूर्वमिदानीञ्च प्रबुद्धता ॥
pitovāca kim etad vadase vatsa kutas te jñāna-sambhavaḥ | kena te jaḍatā pūrvam idānīñ ca prabuddhatā ||
தந்தை கூறினான்: மகனே, நீ இவ்வாறு ஏன் பேசுகிறாய்? உன்னுள் இந்த ஞானம் எங்கிருந்து எழுந்தது? எந்த காரணத்தால் முன்பு மந்தம் இருந்தது, இப்போது விழிப்பு ஏற்பட்டது?
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FAQs
Wisdom is to be examined for its source and stability; genuine transformation should be understood in terms of causes (saṃskāra, association, discipline), not merely emotion.
Didactic dialogue (dharma-jijñāsā) rather than cosmic genealogy; it supports the Purāṇic role as a transmitter of ethical and liberative knowledge.
The swing from jaḍatā to prabuddhatā mirrors the veil-and-revelation dynamic of avidyā and vidyā; inquiry (praśna) is the first purification of understanding.