Shloka 33

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

Sanskrit

इत्युक्त्वा सापि सुश्रोणी मूर्च्छिता निपपात ह ।

भर्तृदुःखमहाभारेणासह्येन निपीडिता ॥

Transliteration

ity uktvā sāpi suśroṇī mūrcchitā nipapāta ha |

bhartṛ-duḥkha-mahā-bhāreṇāsahyena nipīḍitā ||

Translation

एवमुक्त्वा सा सुललितनितम्बा नारी पतिशोकगुरुभाराक्रान्ता दुःखेन मूर्च्छिता भूमौ निपपात।

Speakers

• Narrative voice within the Devi Mahatmyam frame (contextual narration; specific speaker not explicit in this single verse)

Key Themes

• Grief and human vulnerability
• Pathos in sacred narrative
• Marital devotion (pati-śoka)
• Suffering as a catalyst for divine intervention (contextual)