Story
Harishchandra, the King Who Would Not Lie
- verses
- 338
- book
- 1
- chapters
- 2
What the texts say
In the Markandeya Purana, Harishchandra, the King Who Would Not Lie, is a righteous royal seer. Markandeya Purana 7.1 Vishvamitra, who calls himself an ascetic, tells the king that if the earth has been given to him, Harishchandra must depart. Markandeya Purana 7.31, 7.33 Born of the Solar dynasty, Harishchandra asks how he could become the slave of a Chandala, who steals cloth from the dead, and later waits day and night for a corpse at his instruction. Markandeya Purana 8.90, 8.104 Then his wife arrives, wailing, carrying her dead son, bitten by a snake. Markandeya Purana 8.171 The king ascends to heaven with his people. Markandeya Purana 8.262
Where the story is told
Markandeya Purana 7-8
Begins at 7.1Who is in it
Where to read
Every verse that tells the story, book by book.
- 7.1
Ngayon nagsisimula ang ikapitong kabanata. Wika ng mga ibong Dharma: “Noon, sa kapanahunan ng Tretā, may isang haring-ṛṣi na nagngangalang Hariścandra—likás na matuwid, tagapangalaga ng daigdig, at ang kanyang dakilang katanyagan ay…
- 7.2
Nang maghari ang haring iyon, walang taggutom ni karamdaman, at ang mga tao’y hindi namamatay nang wala sa panahon. Ang mga taga-lungsod man ay walang hilig sa kawalang-dharma.
- 7.3
Pagkaraan, walang sinumang nalito o nagmataas dahil sa pagkalasing sa yaman, lakas, o kapangyarihan ng pag-aayuno at pagninilay. At walang babae ang nanganak bago sumapit sa ganap na pagdadalaga.
- 7.1