Shloka 150

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

Sanskrit

तत्रापश्यत स सिंहं वै व्यादितास्यं भयावहम् । बिभक्षयिषुमायातं शरभेण समन्वितम् ॥

Transliteration

tatrāpaśyata sa siṃhaṃ vai vyāditāsyaṃ bhayāvaham / bibhakṣayiṣum āyātaṃ śarabheṇa samanvitam

Translation

तत्र स सिंहं ददर्श विवृतास्यं भयानकं भक्षयितुमुपसर्पन्तं, शरभेण सह।

Speakers

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

Key Themes

• Fear and vulnerability
• Forest dangers
• Karmic persecution imagery