Shloka 193
Adhyaya 8 — Harishchandra’s Trial: Truth, the Sale of Family, and Bondage to a Chandala
अहं दैवाहिदष्टस्य पुत्रस्य आननपङ्कजम् ।
निरीक्षन्नपि घोरेण विषेणान्धीकृतोऽधुना ॥
ahaṃ daivāhidaṣṭasya putrasyānana-paṅkajam | nirīkṣann api ghoreṇa viṣeṇāndhīkṛto 'dhunā ||
Dẫu ta đã nhìn gương mặt như hoa sen của con trai ta, kẻ bị con rắn số mệnh cắn—nay ta như bị làm mù bởi thứ độc dược kinh hoàng ấy.
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FAQs
The verse expresses the paralysis of witnessing unavoidable suffering. Ethically, it points to the limits of worldly agency: one must cultivate inner clarity and spiritual anchoring, since not all outcomes are controllable.
Ākhyāna; a personal tragedy that serves as a didactic prelude rather than a cosmological account.
‘Blinded by poison’ is a powerful symbol for moha (delusion) and śoka (grief) clouding buddhi (discernment). The later Purāṇic remedy is typically jñāna and/or devotion (bhakti) that restores sight—inner vision.