Shloka 162

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

Sanskrit

व्यतीते द्वादशे वर्षे दुःखस्यान्ते नराधिपः ।

अन्तरीक्षाच्च पतितो यमदूतैः प्रणोदितः ॥

Transliteration

vyatīte dvādaśe varṣe duḥkhasyānte narādhipaḥ | antarīkṣāc ca patito yamadūtaiḥ praṇoditaḥ ||

Translation

द्वादशाब्दे व्यतीते तु दुःखान्ते स नराधिपः। यमदूतैर्नुद्यमानो गगनान्निपपात ह॥

Speakers

• Narratorial

Primary Deities

• Yama (via Yamadūtas)

Key Themes

• Completion of allotted suffering
• Transition between worlds
• Yamadūtas as executors of dharma