Shloka 126
Adhyaya 8 — Harishchandra’s Trial: Truth, the Sale of Family, and Bondage to a Chandala
तदीयमाल्यसंश्लेषकृतमस्तक मण्डनः ।
न रात्रौ न दिवा शेते हा हेति प्रवदन् मुहुः ॥
tadīya-mālya-saṃśleṣa-kṛta-mastaka-maṇḍanaḥ / na rātrau na divā śete hā heti pravadan muhuḥ
Sua cabeça estava adornada com as grinaldas que lhes pertenciam (aos mortos), e ele não dormia nem de noite nem de dia, clamando repetidas vezes: “Ai! Ai!”
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FAQs
Unresolved grief and wrongdoing are portrayed as insomnia and compulsive lament. The text suggests that violating boundaries around the dead rebounds into mental unrest.
Carita used for dharma-instruction; not a direct instance of the five cosmological markers.
Garlands of the dead represent identification with mortality; the inability to sleep signifies a mind trapped between worlds (neither worldly enjoyment nor true renunciation).