Shloka 147

Adhyaya 8 — Harishchandra’s Trial: Truth, the Sale of Family, and Bondage to a Chandala

Sanskrit

दिवसे दिवसे जन्म प्राणिनः प्राणिनस्तदा । अपश्यद् दुःखसन्तप्तो दिनं वर्षशतं तथा ॥

Transliteration

divase divase janma prāṇinaḥ prāṇinas tadā / apaśyad duḥkhasantapto dinaṃ varṣaśataṃ tathā

Translation

अह्न्यह्नि स ददर्शैव प्राणिनां जननानि च। शोकसंतप्तहृदयः स पश्यन् शतवर्षाणि तस्थिवान्॥

Speakers

• Narratorial voice within the frame (speaker not determinable from excerpt alone)

Key Themes

• Saṃsāra
• Time and endurance of suffering
• Compassion and disillusionment