THE SEVENTH BOOK Chapter XIX On the taking away of Hariśchandra Kingdom 1-12. Vyāsa said: O King! Hearing thus the words of the King Harischandra, the Mahāṛṣi Kauśika smilingly said: “O King! This Tīrath is very sacred; if one bathes here, one is cleansed of one’s sins and virtue springs up. So, highly fortunate One! Bathe in this and do

THE SEVENTH BOOK Chapter XX On the earnestness of Hariśchandra to pay off the Dakṣiṇā 1-4. Hariśchandra said: “O Muni! I will not take my food until I pay you your Dakṣiṇā in gold; know this to be my resolve; therefore O One of good vows! Discard all your anxieties for Dakṣiṇā. I am the King of the Solar dynasty;

THE SEVENTH BOOK Chapter XXI On the description of the sorrows of Hariśchandra 1-5. Vyāsa said: O King! At this moment, the Muni Viśvāmitra, endowed with his power of tapas, came up there, very angry as if the God of Death, to ask of his wealth. Seeing Hariśchandra fallen thus senseless on the ground, Viśvāmitra, then, began to sprinkle water

THE SEVENTH BOOK Chapter XXII On the selling of Hariśchandra’s wife 1-6. Vyāsa said: O King! When the Queen Mādhavi requested repeatedly the King, He said: “O Good Auspicious One! When you have not met with any scruple to utter clearly these harsh and cruel words, I will do that act now which the most ruthless persons do not dare

THE SEVENTH BOOK Chapter XXIII On the King Hariśchandra’s acknowledging of the slavery of the Chāṇḍāla 1-5. Vyāsa said: O King! Speaking these harsh and cruel words to the King, the Muni took that money and went away. When Viśvāmitra went away, the King Hariśchandra became very much perplexed with sorrows and sighed frequently. He then began to say with

THE SEVENTH BOOK Chapter XXIV On the stay of Hariśchandra in the burning ground 1. Śaunaka said: “O Sūta! Now describe as quickly as you can in detail what the King Hariśchandra did afterwards in the house of the Chāṇḍāla. 2-14. Sūta said: When Viśvāmitra went away, the mind of the Chāṇḍāla was filled with joy. He already gave to

THE SEVENTH BOOK Chapter XXV On the quarrels between Hariśchandra and Viśvāmitra 1-12. Sūta said: Here, on the other hand, one day the boy Rohitāśva went out with other boys to play at some place close to Kāśī. He first played with the his comrades; he then began to root out and collect, as far as he could, the Darbha

THE SEVENTH BOOK Chapter XXVI On the narration of the sorrows of Hariśchandra 1-3. Sūta said: The King Hariśchandra with his face bent low thus said to the Queen: “O Young One! I am a great sinner bg-sky, otherwise why shall I be ready to do this heinous act! However now sit before me. If my hand be capable to

THE SEVENTH BOOK Chapter XXVII On the going of Hariśchandra to the Heavens 1-7. Sūta said: The King Hariśchandra then prepared the funeral pile and placed his son on it. Next he and his wife with folded palms merged themselves in the meditation of the Parameśvarī, the Lady of the Universe. That Hundred-eyed is reigning within these five Koṣas (or