Markandeya Purana — Adhyaya 8, Shloka 120
Adhyaya 8 — Harishchandra’s Trial: Truth, the Sale of Family, and Bondage to a Chandala
हा शैव्ये पुत्र हा बाल मां त्यक्त्वा मन्दभाग्यकम् ।
विश्वामित्रस्य दोषेण गताः कुत्रापि ते मम ॥
hā śaivye putra hā bāla māṃ tyaktvā manda-bhāgyakam /
viśvāmitrasya doṣeṇa gatāḥ kutrāpi te mama
“Than ôi, Śaivyā! Than ôi, con trai ta—đứa con bé bỏng của ta! Bỏ rơi ta, kẻ bất hạnh này, các con đã đi đâu đó—vì lỗi của Viśvāmitra.”
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FAQs
Grief often seeks an external culprit; Purāṇic ethics typically redirects this impulse toward examining karma, dharma, and right response rather than fixation on blame.
Part of ākhyāna (narrative) illustrating human suffering and moral psychology; not a cosmological/genealogical unit by itself.
The named ‘fault’ can symbolize the mind’s tendency to project; liberation begins when projection is seen through and responsibility is reclaimed inwardly.