Shloka 58
Adhyaya 2 — The Wise Birds
केऽप्येते सर्वथा विप्रा नैते सामान्यपक्षिणः ।
दैवानुकूलता लोके महाभाग्यप्रदर्शिनी ॥
ke 'py ete sarvathā viprā naite sāmānyapakṣiṇaḥ /
daivānukūlatā loke mahābhāgyapradarśinī
ఏదో విధంగా, ఓ బ్రాహ్మణులారా, వీరు అన్ని విధాలా విశిష్టులు; సాధారణ పక్షులు కారు. లోకంలో దైవానుకూలతే మహాసౌభాగ్యాన్ని వెల్లడిస్తుంది।
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FAQs
The verse distinguishes the merely natural from the divinely graced: extraordinary capacities (here, birds with dharmic insight) are presented as signs of “daiva-anukūlatā,” a providential alignment that manifests as visible good fortune. Ethically, it cautions against judging spiritual attainment by external categories (species, station) and instead recognizes the role of unseen merit and divine favor in the unfolding of dharma.
This verse is primarily part of the Purāṇic upodghāta/frame narrative rather than a direct instance of the pañcalakṣaṇa topics (sarga, pratisarga, vaṃśa, manvantara, vaṃśānucarita). Indirectly, it supports the didactic function often embedded in vaṃśānucarita and dharma-instructional passages, setting the authority of the speakers (the extraordinary birds) for subsequent teachings.
“Birds” can symbolize the jīva moving through the world (saṃsāra) and also the capacity to ‘see from above’—discernment (viveka). Declaring them ‘not ordinary’ points to awakened insight appearing in unexpected forms. “Daivānukūlatā” suggests that when inner merit ripens, the cosmos becomes ‘favorable,’ and auspicious signs (mahābhāgya) become perceptible—an outward reflection of inward maturation.