Markandeya Purana — Adhyaya 8, Shloka 128
Adhyaya 8 — Harishchandra’s Trial: Truth, the Sale of Family, and Bondage to a Chandala
निद्राभिभूतो रूक्षाङ्गो निश्चेष्टः सुप्त एव च ।
तत्रापि शयनीये स दृष्टवानद्भुतं हि मत् ॥
nidrābhibhūto rūkṣāṅgo niśceṣṭaḥ supta eva ca / tatrāpi śayanīye sa dṛṣṭavān adbhutaṃ hi mat
निद्रा से अभिभूत, उसके अंग सूखे और रूखे हो गए; वह निश्चल होकर सचमुच सो गया—तथापि उसी अवस्था में पड़े-पड़े उसने एक अद्भुत दृश्य देखा।
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FAQs
Even in collapse, a ‘marvel’ (adbhuta) can redirect life—suggesting that grace or realization may arise when egoic control is absent.
Carita within a didactic narrative; not cosmological classification.
Sleep here functions as a liminal state where identity can shift—foreshadowing the coming revelation about embodiment and rebirth.