Shloka 57
श्रूयते किल राजासीद्धरिश्चंद्रो वरानने । चांडालमंदिरावासी भार्यातनयविक्रयी ॥ ५७ ॥
śrūyate kila rājāsīddhariścaṃdro varānane | cāṃḍālamaṃdirāvāsī bhāryātanayavikrayī || 57 ||
हे वरानने, अशी परंपरेत कथा ऐकू येते की राजा हरिश्चंद्र एकदा चांडाळाच्या घरी राहिला आणि पत्नी-पुत्रालाही विकण्यापर्यंत गेला॥५७॥
Narada (narrative voice within Uttara-Bhaga; dialogue context commonly framed as Narada instructing an interlocutor)
Vrata: none
Rasa: {"primary_rasa":"karuna","secondary_rasa":"vira","emotional_journey":"Introduces a poignant fall-from-royalty motif—Hariścandra’s descent into extreme hardship—setting up admiration for steadfast virtue amid suffering."}
FAQs
The verse highlights the extreme trials undertaken to uphold satya (truth) and dharma—Hariścandra’s fall into social humiliation becomes a model of steadfast righteousness that purifies and elevates the devotee.
By presenting unwavering integrity under suffering, it implies that true bhakti is proved through surrender and fidelity to dharma even when honor, comfort, and attachments (family, status) are tested.
Indirectly, it reinforces dharma-śāstra and sadācāra (right conduct) as the applied framework of Vedic life; no specific Vedāṅga (like Jyotiṣa or Vyākaraṇa) is explicitly taught in this single verse.