Shloka 114
Adhyaya 8 — Harishchandra’s Trial: Truth, the Sale of Family, and Bondage to a Chandala
अग्नेश्चटचटाशब्दो वयसामस्थिपङ्क्तिषु ।
बान्धवाक्रन्दशब्दश्च पुक्कसेषु प्रहर्षजः ॥
agneś caṭacaṭā-śabdo vayasām asthi-paṅktiṣu /
bāndhavākranda-śabdaś ca pukkaseṣu praharṣajaḥ
Dort war das Knistern des Feuers zu hören, mitten in Reihen von Gebeinen, wo sich Geier sammelten; und unter den Pukkasas, den Ausgestoßenen, erhob sich ein Laut wie das Wehklagen von Verwandten—doch entsprungen aus grausigem Entzücken.
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FAQs
The verse intensifies vairāgya (dispassion) through śmaśāna-darśana: worldly identity and social order collapse in the face of death; fear and fascination arise together, warning against attachment and heedlessness.
Primarily narrative embellishment rather than a direct pañcalakṣaṇa unit; it supports later dharma/itihāsa-style instruction by setting a stark moral atmosphere (closest to vaṃśānucarita/ākhyāna usage).
Śmaśāna symbolizes the threshold where ordinary norms dissolve; the ‘wailing’ that is actually ‘delight-born’ points to inverted consciousness—tamasic beings revel where sattvic minds recoil.