Shloka 59
पापात्म-धर्मात्म-लक्षणम् तथा निर्वेदेन मोक्षमार्गः | Marks of the Sinful and the Righteous; Dispassion (Nirveda) as a Path to Liberation
एवं स दु:खितों राजन् महर्षिगौतिमस्तदा । चिरकारें ददर्शाथ पुत्र स्थितमथान्तिके
evaṁ sa duḥkhito rājan maharṣigautamas tadā | cirakāreṁ dadarśātha putraṁ sthitam athāntike ||
قال بهيشما: «أيها الملك، هكذا وقد أثقل الحزنُ كاهلَ الحكيمَ العظيم غوتَما، وبعد زمنٍ طويل، أبصر ابنه واقفًا قريبًا منه.»
भीष्म उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse highlights the human reality of sorrow even for great sages, and frames a moral narrative where recognition, reunion, or confrontation with one’s kin becomes a turning point for reflection on dharma and right conduct.
Bhīṣma continues a story addressed to the king: the grief-stricken sage Gautama, after a long interval, finally sees his son standing close by, setting up the next development in the episode.