Shloka 120
Adhyaya 8 — Harishchandra’s Trial: Truth, the Sale of Family, and Bondage to a Chandala
हा शैव्ये पुत्र हा बाल मां त्यक्त्वा मन्दभाग्यकम् ।
विश्वामित्रस्य दोषेण गताः कुत्रापि ते मम ॥
hā śaivye putra hā bāla māṃ tyaktvā manda-bhāgyakam /
viśvāmitrasya doṣeṇa gatāḥ kutrāpi te mama
“อนิจจา ศัยวียา! อนิจจา ลูกของเรา—เด็กของเรา! เจ้าละทิ้งเราผู้เคราะห์ร้ายแล้วจากไปที่ใดสักแห่ง—เพราะความผิดของวิศวามิตร”
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FAQs
Grief often seeks an external culprit; Purāṇic ethics typically redirects this impulse toward examining karma, dharma, and right response rather than fixation on blame.
Part of ākhyāna (narrative) illustrating human suffering and moral psychology; not a cosmological/genealogical unit by itself.
The named ‘fault’ can symbolize the mind’s tendency to project; liberation begins when projection is seen through and responsibility is reclaimed inwardly.