Shloka 25
Adhyaya 8 — Harishchandra’s Trial: Truth, the Sale of Family, and Bondage to a Chandala
पक्षिण ऊचुः एतद्वाक्यमुपश्रुत्य ययौ मोहं महीपतिः ।
प्रतिलभ्य च संज्ञां स विललापातिदुःखितः ॥
pakṣiṇa ūcuḥ etadvākyam upaśrutya yayau mohaṃ mahīpatiḥ | pratilabhya ca saṃjñāṃ sa vilalāpātiduḥkhitaḥ ||
As aves disseram: Ao ouvir essas palavras, o rei caiu em confusão. E, ao recobrar a consciência, lamentou-se, oprimido por uma dor intensíssima.
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FAQs
The verse highlights how attachment and shaken identity (often tied to loss of kingdom, family, or status) can collapse discernment into moha, followed by grief. Ethically, it points to the need for steadiness (dhairya) and discrimination (viveka) in adversity—otherwise even a ruler becomes inwardly powerless.
This verse is primarily within the Purāṇic frame-narrative and moral instruction rather than a direct pancalakṣaṇa unit. It aligns most closely with didactic/ācāra material (conduct and inner discipline), not with sarga/pratisarga/vaṃśa/manvantara/vaṃśānucarita as a standalone datum.
Symbolically, the 'king' represents the ruling mind (manas) that, when struck by destabilizing insight or loss, can 'faint' into moha. Regaining saṃjñā but lamenting shows partial awakening without integration—knowledge heard (śruti) is not yet transformed into stable realization. The birds, as dharma-voices, function as higher discernment observing the psyche’s rise and fall.