Shloka 168
Adhyaya 8 — Harishchandra’s Trial: Truth, the Sale of Family, and Bondage to a Chandala
नमो बृहस्पते तुभ्यं नमस्ते वासवाय च ।
एवमुक्त्वा स राजा तु युक्तः पुक्कसकर्मणि ॥
namo bṛhaspate tubhyaṃ namas te vāsavāya ca / evam uktvā sa rājā tu yuktaḥ pukkasakarmaṇi
Ehrerbietung dir, Bṛhaspati; und Ehrerbietung auch Vāsava (Indra). Nachdem er so gesprochen hatte, wandte sich jener König dann der Arbeit der Pukkasas zu.
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FAQs
Even when reduced to humiliating labor, one can retain dharmic orientation through remembrance and reverence; the verse juxtaposes inner refuge with outer compulsion.
Carita (exemplum of a king’s reversal) with devotional elements; not a pancalakṣaṇa enumerative passage.
Bṛhaspati (sacred counsel) and Indra (sovereign power) are invoked precisely when counsel and sovereignty are lost—signaling that true ‘kingship’ and ‘guidance’ are archetypal forces beyond personal status.