Shloka 111
Adhyaya 8 — Harishchandra’s Trial: Truth, the Sale of Family, and Bondage to a Chandala
मातामह ! पितः ! क्व गतोऽस्येहि बान्धव । इत्येवं वदतां यत्र ध्वनिः संश्रूयते महान् ॥
mātāmaha! pitaḥ! kva gato 'sy ehi bāndhava / ityevaṃ vadatāṃ yatra dhvaniḥ saṃśrūyate mahān
「祖父よ！父よ！彼はどこへ行ってしまったのか――戻ってきておくれ、同胞よ！」このように人々が口々に叫ぶ場所で、大きな喧騒が響き渡っていた。
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FAQs
The plea ‘come back’ dramatizes the human refusal to accept impermanence. The Purāṇic lesson commonly drawn is to perform one’s duties (including funerary rites) with clarity, and to cultivate steadiness that can face separation.
Ākhyāna/Upākhyāna: narrative amplification through collective voice.
Calling to the departed is the psyche calling to what cannot return. It symbolically points to the need to turn the ‘call’ inward—toward the imperishable Self rather than the perishing form.