Shloka 123
Adhyaya 8 — Harishchandra’s Trial: Truth, the Sale of Family, and Bondage to a Chandala
इदं मम इदं राज्ञे मुख्यचण्डालके त्विदम् ।
इति धावन् दिशो राजा जीवन् योन्यन्तरं गतः ॥
idaṃ mama idaṃ rājñe mukhya-caṇḍālake tv idam /
iti dhāvan diśo rājā jīvan yony-antaraṃ gataḥ
“یہ میرا ہے؛ یہ بادشاہ کا ہے؛ اور یہ چنڈالوں کے سردار کا ہے”—یوں چیختا ہوا بادشاہ ہر سمت دوڑا؛ اور زندہ ہی زندہ وہ دوسری یَونی میں داخل ہو گیا (دوسرا جنم لے لیا)۔
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FAQs
Clinging to ‘mine’ and social labels (‘king’, ‘chief’) is shown as madness at the edge of death; such attachment propels saṃsāra—rebirth follows unresolved grasping.
While not a formal manvantara/vaṃśa list, it aligns with Purāṇic dharma teaching through ākhyāna: illustrating karmic bondage and transmigration (a common didactic purpose alongside pañcalakṣaṇa).
‘Living yet entering another womb’ points to moment-to-moment rebirth: identity shifts with craving and fear; liberation requires cutting the ‘mine-making’ (mamatā) impulse.