Shloka 122
Adhyaya 8 — Harishchandra’s Trial: Truth, the Sale of Family, and Bondage to a Chandala
Sanskrit
लकुटी कालकल्पश्च धावंश्चापि ततस्ततः ।
अस्मिन् शव इदं मूल्यं प्राप्तं प्राप्स्यामि चाप्युत ॥
Transliteration
lakuṭī kāla-kalpaś ca dhāvaṃś cāpi tatas tataḥ /
asmin śava idaṃ mūlyaṃ prāptaṃ prāpsyāmi cāpy uta
Translation
Con una maza en la mano, de aspecto semejante a la Muerte, corría de un lado a otro (diciendo): «Por este cadáver, éste es el precio que he obtenido—y ciertamente lo obtendré.»
Speakers
A ghoul/caṇḍāla-like figure (speech quoted); narrator framing
Primary Deities
Kāla (Death, as a personified principle)
Key ThemesCommodification of bodiesDeath personificationMacabre marketplace motif