Shloka 67
Adhyaya 8 — Harishchandra’s Trial: Truth, the Sale of Family, and Bondage to a Chandala
नीयमानौ तु तौ दृष्ट्वा भार्यापुत्रौ स पार्थिवः ।
विललाप सुदुःखार्तो निःश्वस्योष्णं पुनः पुनः ॥
nīyamānau tu tau dṛṣṭvā bhāryā-putrau sa pārthivaḥ | vilalāpa suduḥkhārto niḥśvasyōṣṇaṃ punaḥ punaḥ ||
لیکن جب بادشاہ نے اپنی بیوی اور بیٹے—دونوں کو—لے جاتے دیکھا تو وہ شدید غم سے مغلوب ہو کر زار و قطار رونے لگا؛ اور بار بار گرم آہیں بھرنے لگا۔
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FAQs
The verse illustrates how attachment persists even after worldly defeat: the king’s grief over wife and son shows the binding force of moha. Ethically, it highlights the human tendency to cling to ‘mine-ness’ (mamatā), which becomes the catalyst for deeper inquiry that later turns him toward the Goddess for liberation and restoration.
This verse is primarily narrative-ethical instruction rather than a direct exposition of sarga/pratisarga/vaṃśa/manvantara/vaṃśānucarita. It aligns most closely (indirectly) with vaṃśānucarita/ākhyāna-style didactic history—using a royal figure’s experience to teach dharma and the psychology of bondage that leads into Devi-upāsanā.
On an inner reading, ‘wife and son being led away’ can symbolize the outward-moving senses and the mind’s constructions (relations/identities) being dragged by fate (karma). The ‘hot sighs’ signify tapas-like heat arising not from disciplined austerity but from suffering—often the first spark that turns a worldly person toward śaraṇāgati (seeking refuge) and the transformative grace of Śakti later in the Devi Mahatmyam.