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
眠りに打ち勝たれ、四肢は乾き粗く、身動きせず真に眠り込んでいた—それでも横たわったまま、彼は驚異の出来事を目にした。
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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.