Shloka 169
Adhyaya 8 — Harishchandra’s Trial: Truth, the Sale of Family, and Bondage to a Chandala
शवानां मूल्यकरणे पुनर्नष्टस्मृतिर्यथा ।
मलिनो जटिलः कृष्णो लकुटी विह्वलो नृपः ॥
śavānāṃ mūlyakaraṇe punar naṣṭasmṛtir yathā / malino jaṭilaḥ kṛṣṇo lakuṭī vihvalo nṛpaḥ
لاشوں کی خرید و فروخت میں لگے رہنے سے اس کی یادداشت پھر جاتی رہی۔ میلا کچیلا، جٹا دھاری، سیاہ رنگ، گدا ہاتھ میں لیے وہ بادشاہ حیران و پریشان ہو کر کانپ اٹھا۔
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FAQs
Identity rooted in power and memory is fragile; when kingship is lost, even self-recognition collapses—warning against pride and urging grounding in enduring dharma rather than role/status.
Carita: a narrative demonstration of impermanence and karmic reversal, not a cosmological/genealogical register.
Corpse-commerce and matted hair evoke śmaśāna symbolism: confrontation with death strips social masks; ‘loss of memory’ hints at avidyā—forgetting one’s true nature—intensified by tamas (darkness).