Shloka 196
Adhyaya 8 — Harishchandra’s Trial: Truth, the Sale of Family, and Bondage to a Chandala
तथास्य नासिका तुङ्गा अग्रतोऽधोमुखं गता ।
दन्ताश्च मुकुलप्रख्याः ख्यातकीर्तेर्महात्मनः ॥
tathāsya nāsikā tuṅgā agrato 'dhomukhaṃ gatā |
dantāś ca mukula-prakhyāḥ khyāta-kīrter mahātmanaḥ ||
அவரின் மூக்கு உயர்ந்து முன்புறம் சற்றுக் கீழ்நோக்கி வளைந்தது; அவரின் பற்கள் மொட்டுகளைப் போல இருந்தன—இவை புகழ்பெற்ற அந்த மகாத்மாவின் இலக்கணங்கள்.
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FAQs
Even in extreme reversal, the narrative insists on continuity: the same person endures beneath altered circumstances, inviting reflection on the difference between essence and social appearance.
Not directly pañcalakṣaṇa; it supports vaṃśānucarita-style moral biography by grounding the king’s identity in concrete narrative detail.
Lakṣaṇas (marks) can be read as ‘saṃskāra-signatures’: the past (kīrti, merit, identity) leaves impressions that are not erased by present suffering.