Shloka 126
Adhyaya 8 — Harishchandra’s Trial: Truth, the Sale of Family, and Bondage to a Chandala
तदीयमाल्यसंश्लेषकृतमस्तक मण्डनः ।
न रात्रौ न दिवा शेते हा हेति प्रवदन् मुहुः ॥
tadīya-mālya-saṃśleṣa-kṛta-mastaka-maṇḍanaḥ / na rātrau na divā śete hā heti pravadan muhuḥ
Sa tête était parée des guirlandes qui leur appartenaient (aux morts), et il ne dormait ni la nuit ni le jour, répétant sans cesse : «Hélas ! Hélas !»
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FAQs
Unresolved grief and wrongdoing are portrayed as insomnia and compulsive lament. The text suggests that violating boundaries around the dead rebounds into mental unrest.
Carita used for dharma-instruction; not a direct instance of the five cosmological markers.
Garlands of the dead represent identification with mortality; the inability to sleep signifies a mind trapped between worlds (neither worldly enjoyment nor true renunciation).