Shloka 139
Adhyaya 8 — Harishchandra’s Trial: Truth, the Sale of Family, and Bondage to a Chandala
पश्यति स्म भृशं खिन्नो हा मातः पितरद्य मे ।
एवंवादी स नरके तैलद्रोण्यां निपातितः ॥
paśyati sma bhṛśaṃ khinno hā mātaḥ pitar adya me |
evaṃvādī sa narake tailadroṇyāṃ nipātitaḥ ||
نہایت مضطرب ہو کر وہ بار بار دیکھتا اور روتا رہا—“ہائے ماں، ہائے باپ، آج میرا کیا حال ہو گیا!” یہ کہتے ہوئے اسے دوزخ میں تیل کے کڑاہے میں ڈال دیا گیا۔
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FAQs
When consequences arrive, worldly supports (even familial identity) cannot shield one; remorse arises too late if dharma is ignored earlier.
Not pancalakṣaṇa; it is naraka-varṇana (description of hell) serving dharma instruction.
The ‘oil cauldron’ imagery suggests boiling agitation (tāpa) produced by one’s own heated passions and harmful acts, experienced as an externalized torment.