Shloka 168
Adhyaya 8 — Harishchandra’s Trial: Truth, the Sale of Family, and Bondage to a Chandala
नमो बृहस्पते तुभ्यं नमस्ते वासवाय च ।
एवमुक्त्वा स राजा तु युक्तः पुक्कसकर्मणि ॥
namo bṛhaspate tubhyaṃ namas te vāsavāya ca / evam uktvā sa rājā tu yuktaḥ pukkasakarmaṇi
اے برہسپتی! آپ کو نمسکار؛ اور واسَو (اِندر) کو بھی نمسکار۔ یوں کہہ کر وہ بادشاہ پھر پُکّکاسوں کے کام میں مشغول ہو گیا۔
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FAQs
Even when reduced to humiliating labor, one can retain dharmic orientation through remembrance and reverence; the verse juxtaposes inner refuge with outer compulsion.
Carita (exemplum of a king’s reversal) with devotional elements; not a pancalakṣaṇa enumerative passage.
Bṛhaspati (sacred counsel) and Indra (sovereign power) are invoked precisely when counsel and sovereignty are lost—signaling that true ‘kingship’ and ‘guidance’ are archetypal forces beyond personal status.