Shloka 162
Adhyaya 8 — Harishchandra’s Trial: Truth, the Sale of Family, and Bondage to a Chandala
व्यतीते द्वादशे वर्षे दुःखस्यान्ते नराधिपः ।
अन्तरीक्षाच्च पतितो यमदूतैः प्रणोदितः ॥
vyatīte dvādaśe varṣe duḥkhasyānte narādhipaḥ | antarīkṣāc ca patito yamadūtaiḥ praṇoditaḥ ||
ಹನ್ನೆರಡು ವರ್ಷಗಳು ಕಳೆದ ನಂತರ, ದುಃಖದ ಕೊನೆಯಲ್ಲಿ, ಯಮದೂತರಿಂದ ತಳ್ಳಲ್ಪಟ್ಟ ರಾಜನು ಆಕಾಶದಿಂದ ಕೆಳಗೆ ಬಿದ್ದನು.
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FAQs
The verse reinforces that karmic experiences have endpoints (‘duḥkhasyānte’) and that cosmic administration is orderly. The ‘fall’ motif is also a warning against complacency in higher states (svarga), since merit and demerit both mature and conclude.
Carita; transitional world-travel is a common purāṇic narrative mechanism to dramatize moral law.
Falling from the mid-sky can symbolize descent of consciousness from subtle enjoyment to gross embodiment, compelled by remaining karmic vectors represented by Yamadūtas.