Markandeya Purana — Adhyaya 8, Shloka 183
Adhyaya 8 — Harishchandra’s Trial: Truth, the Sale of Family, and Bondage to a Chandala
राज्यनाशः सुहृत्त्यागो भार्यातनयविक्रयः ।
हरिश्चन्द्रस्य राजर्षेः किं विधे ! न कृतं त्वया ॥
rājy anāśaḥ suhṛttyāgo bhāryātanayavikrayaḥ | harīścandrasya rājarṣeḥ kiṃ vidhe! na kṛtaṃ tvayā ||
“နိုင်ငံတော်ဆုံးရှုံးခြင်း၊ မိတ်ဆွေများက စွန့်ပစ်ခြင်း၊ ဇနီးနှင့် သားကို ရောင်းချရခြင်း—အို ဝိဓိ (ကံကြမ္မာ/အမိန့်တော်)! မင်းသည် ရာဇဋ္ဌာန ရှင်ဟရိဈန္ဒြ အပေါ် မလုပ်ခဲ့သေးသည့် အရာ ဘာရှိသနည်း?”
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FAQs
Harīścandra is portrayed as a dharma-exemplar tested to the limit; the piling up of losses dramatizes steadfastness and truthfulness as virtues that must endure even when social supports collapse.
Vaṃśa/ākhyāna-oriented exemplary history: a moral case-study of a famed king, used to teach dharma rather than to detail sarga/pratisarga.
The stripping away—kingdom, allies, family—enacts a forced renunciation, exposing the Self’s dependence on externals. Addressing ‘Vidhi’ frames the ordeal as an ordained purification, where identity is reduced to bare truth (satya).