Shloka 58
Adhyaya 8 — Harishchandra’s Trial: Truth, the Sale of Family, and Bondage to a Chandala
रुरोद रोहिताश्वोऽपि दृष्ट्वा कृष्टां तु मातरम् ।
हस्तेन वस्त्रमाकर्षन् काकपक्षधरः शिशुः ॥
rurodā rohitāśvo 'pi dṛṣṭvā kṛṣṭāṃ tu mātaram /
hastena vastramākarṣan kākapakṣadharaḥ śiśuḥ
मातरं आकृष्यमाणां दृष्ट्वा रोहिताश्वोऽपि रुरोद; काकपक्षधरः स बालः हस्तेन तस्या वसनं आकर्षत्।
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FAQs
The verse foregrounds natural compassion and filial attachment: even a small child responds to injustice and separation with immediate empathy, underscoring the Purāṇic use of domestic emotion to intensify the moral weight of the surrounding events.
This verse is primarily narrative illustration rather than a direct pañcalakṣaṇa topic. It is best classified as ancillary kathā (supporting story) that may serve as context for later dharma/itihāsa-style instruction, rather than sarga/pratisarga/manvantara/vaṃśa/vaṃśānucarita content in itself.
Symbolically, the child tugging the mother’s garment can be read as the jīva’s instinctive clinging to its source (mātṛ—prakṛti/nurture) when forcibly separated by adverse forces; the ‘kākapakṣa’ detail emphasizes tender immaturity—attachment is unrefined but sincere.