A bird of superior intellect. The story of पूजनी was told by भीष्म to illustrate that क्षत्रियस् can never be believed.

There was once a king called ब्रह्मदत्त in the country of काम्पिल्य . The King had a bird named पूजनी . पूजनी was very intelligent and all-knowing and the king treated her as his friend. Days went by and one day the queen delivered a son. At the same time पूजनी also got a child. The prince and the little bird grew up as great friends. The little bird used to bring to the prince whatever eatable it could take in its little beak. They lived as such thick chums.

One day while पूजनी was away from the cage, the prince caught hold of the little bird and strangled it to death. When पूजनी came back she found her child missing and went about crying loudly. She then knew what had happened and got very angry. She flew and pricked blind the eyes of the prince and bade farewell to the King. The parting scene was very pathetic. पूजनी declared that क्षत्रियस् were not to be believed and flew away. [mh-12-139-1 ] Mahābhārata • Śānti parva .