Shloka 121
Adhyaya 8 — Harishchandra’s Trial: Truth, the Sale of Family, and Bondage to a Chandala
इत्येवं चिन्तयंस् तत्र चण्डालोक्तं पुनः पुनः ।
मलिनो रूक्षसर्वाङ्गः केशवान् गन्धवान् ध्वजी ॥
ity evaṃ cintayaṃs tatra caṇḍāloktaṃ punaḥ punaḥ /
malino rūkṣa-sarvāṅgaḥ keśavān gandhavān dhvajī
সেইদৰে তাত চিন্তা কৰি থাকোঁতেই, এজন চাণ্ডালে কোৱা বাক্য পুনঃ পুনঃ প্ৰতিধ্বনিত হ’বলৈ ধৰিলে। সি আছিল মলিন, সৰ্বাঙ্গে ৰুক্ষ, দীঘল চুলিৰ, দুৰ্গন্ধযুক্ত আৰু ধ্বজধাৰী।
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FAQs
In distress, the mind loops on striking impressions (‘again and again’); the passage shows how suffering narrows awareness and makes one susceptible to fear-driven fixation.
Narrative psychology within ākhyāna; not directly pañcalakṣaṇa.
The banner-bearing, foul figure can function as an externalization of inner tamas—an embodied ‘sign’ (dhvaja) of the mind’s impurity when overwhelmed.