Shloka 43
Adhyaya 8 — Harishchandra’s Trial: Truth, the Sale of Family, and Bondage to a Chandala
Sanskrit
अथवा किं ममैतेन साम्ना प्रोक्तेन कारणम् ।
अनार्ये पापसङ्कल्पे क्रूरे चानृतवादिनि ॥
Transliteration
athavā kiṃ mamaitena sāmnā proktena kāraṇam /
anārye pāpasaṅkalpe krūre cānṛtavādini //
Translation
अथवा किं प्रयोजनं मम त्वया सह सान्त्ववचनैः? त्वं नीचः पापबुद्धिः क्रूरो मृषावादी च।
Speakers
Asura speaker (Śumbha / his representative voice in the encounter) addressing the Devī
Primary Deities
Devī (Durgā/Caṇḍikā context)Śumbha (asura)
Key ThemesDharma vs. adharmaAsuric arroganceTruth vs. falsehoodFailure of conciliation (sāman) before violence