Shloka 105
Adhyaya 8 — Harishchandra’s Trial: Truth, the Sale of Family, and Bondage to a Chandala
Sanskrit
इदं राज्ञेऽपि देयञ्च षड्भागन्तु शवं प्रति । त्रयस्तु मम भागाः स्युर्द्वौ भागौ तव वेतनम् ॥
Transliteration
idaṃ rājñe 'pi deyañ ca ṣaḍ-bhāgaṃ tu śavaṃ prati / trayas tu mama bhāgāḥ syur dvau bhāgau tava vetanam
Translation
“此物亦当献与国王；至于尸身，当分为六份。三份归我；两份为你的工价。”
Speakers
Likely the Caṇḍāla (or corpse-handler) speaking terms to the other party; exact identities not recoverable from excerpt alone
Key Themes
Royal dues and taxation motifEthics of profit from deathSocial economy around funerary spacesContractual speech in narrative