Story
Harishchandra, the King Who Would Not Lie
- verses
- 338
- book
- 1
- chapters
- 2
What the texts say
In the Markandeya Purana, Harishchandra, the King Who Would Not Lie, is a righteous royal seer. Markandeya Purana 7.1 Vishvamitra, who calls himself an ascetic, tells the king that if the earth has been given to him, Harishchandra must depart. Markandeya Purana 7.31, 7.33 Born of the Solar dynasty, Harishchandra asks how he could become the slave of a Chandala, who steals cloth from the dead, and later waits day and night for a corpse at his instruction. Markandeya Purana 8.90, 8.104 Then his wife arrives, wailing, carrying her dead son, bitten by a snake. Markandeya Purana 8.171 The king ascends to heaven with his people. Markandeya Purana 8.262
Where the story is told
Markandeya Purana 7-8
Begins at 7.1Who is in it
Where to read
Every verse that tells the story, book by book.
- 7.1
Ныне начинается седьмая глава. Птицы Дхармы сказали: «Прежде, в эпоху Трета, жил царственный риши по имени Харишчандра — по природе праведный, хранитель земли, и его превосходная слава сияла ярким светом».
- 7.2
Когда тот царь правил, не было ни голода, ни болезней, и люди не умирали преждевременно. И горожане также не имели склонности к адхарме, к неправедности.
- 7.3
Тогда никто не впадал в безумие или гордыню от опьянения богатством, силой или мощью подвижничества; и ни одна женщина не рожала прежде, чем достигала юности, то есть зрелости.
- 7.1