Shloka 41
Adhyaya 7 — Fall of Vasu
हरिश्चन्द्र उवाच भगवन् साम्प्रतं नास्ति दास्ये कालक्रमेण ते ।
प्रसादं कुरु विप्रर्षे सद्भावमनुचिन्त्य च ॥
hariścandra uvāca bhagavan sāmprataṃ nāsti dāsye kālakrameṇa te | prasādaṃ kuru viprarṣe sadbhāvam anucintya ca ||
హరిశ్చంద్రుడు అన్నాడు— ఓ భగవాన్, ఇప్పుడు మీ సేవకత్వంలో ఇక ప్రయోజనం లేదు, ఎందుకంటే కాలం గడిచిపోయింది. ఓ బ్రహ్మర్షిశ్రేష్ఠా, దయచేసి అనుగ్రహించి, సదభిప్రాయంతో మళ్లీ ఆలోచించండి.
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FAQs
The verse models dharmic speech in crisis: even a king appeals without arrogance, invoking kāla (time’s turning) and requesting prasāda (grace). Ethically, it emphasizes that power relations and obligations are not absolute; they should be revisited with sadbhāva—goodwill and humane consideration.
This verse is primarily within ācāra/dharma-nirdeśa (ethical instruction through narrative exemplum) rather than a direct pancalakṣaṇa item. Indirectly, it supports the Purāṇic function of teaching dharma via itihāsa-style episodes, but it is not sarga/pratisarga/vaṃśa/manvantara/vaṃśānucarita content in itself.
Esoterically, dāsya (servitude) can symbolize the ego’s bondage to circumstance; kālakrama indicates the inevitable ripening and passing of karmic phases. The request for prasāda through sadbhāva suggests inner transformation: liberation is approached not by force but by softened intention, renewed discernment, and the grace that arises when harshness is relinquished.