Shloka 56
Adhyaya 8 — Vasu's Redemption
एवमुक्तस्य विप्रेण हरिश्चन्द्रस्य भूपतेः ।
व्यदीर्यत मनो दुःखान्न चैनं किञ्चिदब्रवीत् ॥
evamuktasya vipreṇa harīścandrasya bhūpateḥ |
vyadīryata mano duḥkhān na cainaṃ kiñcid abravīt ||
ബ്രാഹ്മണൻ ഇങ്ങനെ പറഞ്ഞപ്പോൾ രാജാ ഹരിശ്ചന്ദ്രന്റെ മനസ് ദുഃഖത്തിൽ പിളർന്നുപോയി; എങ്കിലും അവൻ അവനോട് ഒന്നും പറഞ്ഞില്ല।
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FAQs
The verse highlights a dhārmic ideal of restraint (saṃyama) under extreme distress: even when grief rends the mind, one need not respond impulsively. Silence here signals endurance and moral composure amid a test of duty.
This is best classified under Vaṃśānucarita (accounts of dynasties/royal lineages and exemplary kings), presented as an ethical narrative illustrating dharma through a king’s conduct rather than cosmological sarga/pratisarga material.
Harīścandra’s ‘torn mind’ suggests the inner cleavage between worldly attachment and dhārmic resolve; his refusal to speak symbolizes mastery over vāc (speech) and the containment of reactive emotion—an inner tapas where suffering becomes a furnace that purifies intention.