Shloka 26
Adhyaya 4 — Jaimini Meets the Dharmapakshis: Four Doubts on the Mahabharata and the Opening of Narayana Doctrine
पक्षिण ऊचुः विषये सति वक्ष्यामो निर्विशङ्कः शृणुष्व तत् ।
कथं तन्न वदिष्यामो यदस्मद्बुद्धिगोचरम् ॥
pakṣiṇa ūcuḥ viṣaye sati vakṣyāmo nirviśaṅkaḥ śṛṇuṣva tat | kathaṃ tanna vadiṣyāmo yadasmadbuddhigocaram ||
Bầy chim nói: “Khi sự việc thuộc phạm vi hiểu biết của chúng ta, chúng ta sẽ nói không do dự—xin hãy lắng nghe. Lẽ nào chúng ta lại không nói điều nằm trong tầm nhận thức của mình?”
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FAQs
The verse models a dhārmic norm for instruction: one should teach confidently only what one truly knows (buddhi-gocara), avoiding both deceptive omniscience and timid silence. It also implies the listener’s duty to attend carefully (śṛṇuṣva) when competent guidance is offered.
This verse belongs primarily to the Purāṇic frame-dialogue (ākhyāna/upodghāta) rather than the five hallmark topics themselves (sarga, pratisarga, vaṃśa, manvantara, vaṃśānucarita). Functionally, it prepares the transmission of dharma/itihāsa material that may later include those categories.
Symbolically, the ‘birds’—often read as embodiments of discriminative awareness—declare the proper boundary of speech: truthful expression arises where insight reaches. ‘Fearless’ speech (nirviśaṅka) here is not bravado but alignment with known reality, a prerequisite for śāstric teaching and inner clarity.