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As Harischandra strikes at the neck of Chandravati, "the sword, instead of harming her, is transformed into a necklace of pearls, which winds itself around her.
The king is thinking thus when distant cries are heard, as if females are crying out, "Maharaja Harischandra! save us! save us! Save us from the fire-place of this mighty hermit. We three helpless women are being burnt up." At this, the king is at a loss. His heart melts at the tender cries of the women. He extinguishes the flame with his weapon dedicated to Varuna, the god of the waters.
And Parasara and Parvata and Savarni and Galava; and Sankha, and the Muni, Gaursiras, and Durvasa, and Krodhana and Swena and the Muni Dhirghatamas; and Pavitrapani, Savarni, Yajnavalkya and Bhaluki; and Udyalaka, Swetaketu, and Tandya, and also Bhandayani; and Havishmat, and Garishta, and king Harischandra; and Hridya, Udarshandilya.
The Brahmanas gratified with various kinds of food and enjoyable articles, given away unto them to the extent of their desires, and with the heaps of jewels distributed amongst them, began to say, "King Harischandra is superior to all kings in energy and renown."
Harischandra and Viswamitra, the Job and Satan of Hindoo Passion-Play. Scandinavian Legends. Fridthjof and Ingeborg. Persian Ideals. Zoroastrian Heaven and Hell. "Home of Song," and "Home of the Lie." Truth the Main Cardinal Virtue with Egyptians. No Hope for the Liar. Ptah, "Lord of Truth." Truth Fundamental to Deity. Relatively Low Standard of Greeks. Incidental Testimony of Herodotus.
And thus the story of Harischandra stands as a rebuke to the Christian philosopher who could suppose that God, or the gods, would co-work with a man who acted on the supposition that there is such an anomaly in the universe as "a lie of necessity." The old Scandinavian heroes were valiant in war, but they held that a lie was not justifiable under any pressure of an emergency.
And having done this let him commence the grand sacrifice called Rajasuya. He is my son; if he performeth that sacrifice, I may, like Harischandra, soon attain to the region of Indra, and there in his Sabha pass countless years in continuous joy. I told him in reply, O King, I shall tell thy son all this, if I go to the world of man. I have now told thee what he said, O tiger among men.
On hearing that the mendicant is slain by Nakula, Krishna expresses great satisfaction. Maharaja Harischandra, a scion of the solar race, a powerful king, endowed with uncommon virtues and skilled in all arts, sees a vision of misfortune to come.
The Brahmanas gratified with various kinds of food and enjoyable articles, given away unto them to the extent of their desires, and with the heaps of jewels distributed amongst them, began to say, King Harischandra is superior to all kings in energy and renown.
It is by truth that Harischandra roves through heaven like a second Chandramas.
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