Shloka 194
Adhyaya 8 — Harishchandra’s Trial: Truth, the Sale of Family, and Bondage to a Chandala
एकमुक्त्वा तमादाय बालकं बाष्पगद्गदः ।
परिष्वज्य च निष्चेष्टो मूर्च्छया निपपात ह ॥
ekam uktvā tam ādāya bālakaṃ bāṣpa-gadgadaḥ |
pariṣvajya ca niśceṣṭo mūrcchayā nipapāta ha ||
स एकं वचनं उक्त्वा बालकं समुपाददे। अश्रुपूर्णगद्गदस्वरः तं परिष्वज्य निश्चलः अभवत्, मूर्च्छाभिभूतः भूमौ पपात च॥
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FAQs
The verse depicts grief overwhelming even a great person, underscoring the Purāṇic emphasis that worldly bonds (putra-sneha) can shake the mind; endurance and dharma are tested precisely where attachment is strongest.
Primarily not pañcalakṣaṇa material; it belongs to ākhyāna (didactic narrative) used by Purāṇas to teach dharma through exemplary lives rather than sarga/pratisarga/manvantara/vaṃśa/vaṃśānucarita directly.
The swoon (mūrcchā) signals the collapse of egoic control under saṃsāric shock; the cremation-ground setting (implicit in surrounding verses) functions as a liminal space where truth about impermanence becomes unavoidable.