Story
Harishchandra, the King Who Would Not Lie
- verses
- 338
- book
- 1
- chapters
- 2
What the texts say
In the Markandeya Purana, Harishchandra, the King Who Would Not Lie, is a righteous royal seer. Markandeya Purana 7.1 Vishvamitra, who calls himself an ascetic, tells the king that if the earth has been given to him, Harishchandra must depart. Markandeya Purana 7.31, 7.33 Born of the Solar dynasty, Harishchandra asks how he could become the slave of a Chandala, who steals cloth from the dead, and later waits day and night for a corpse at his instruction. Markandeya Purana 8.90, 8.104 Then his wife arrives, wailing, carrying her dead son, bitten by a snake. Markandeya Purana 8.171 The king ascends to heaven with his people. Markandeya Purana 8.262
Where the story is told
Markandeya Purana 7-8
Begins at 7.1Who is in it
Where to read
Every verse that tells the story, book by book.
- 7.1
Commence maintenant le septième chapitre. Les oiseaux du Dharma dirent : « Jadis, à l’âge de Tretā, il y eut un roi-sage nommé Hariścandra — juste par nature, protecteur de la terre, dont l’excellente renommée rayonnait avec éclat. »
- 7.2
Lorsque ce roi régnait, il n’y avait ni famine ni maladie, et nul ne mourait avant l’heure. Les citadins, eux aussi, n’avaient aucune inclination vers l’adharma, l’injustice.
- 7.3
Alors nul ne devenait dément ni orgueilleux sous l’ivresse de la richesse, de la force ou de la puissance ascétique; et aucune femme n’enfantait avant d’avoir atteint la jeunesse, c’est‑à‑dire la maturité.
- 7.1