Shloka 60

पापात्म-धर्मात्म-लक्षणम् तथा निर्वेदेन मोक्षमार्गः | Marks of the Sinful and the Righteous; Dispassion (Nirveda) as a Path to Liberation

Devanagari script

राजन! इस प्रकार दुखी हुए महर्षि गौतमने घर आनेपर अपने पुत्र चिरकारीको पास ही खड़ा देखा ।। चिरकारी तु पितरं दृष्टवा परमदु:खित: । शस्त्र त्यक्त्वा ततो मूर्थ्ना प्रसादायोपचक्रमे,पिताको उपस्थित देख चिरकारी बहुत दुखी हुआ। वह हथियार फेंककर उनके चरणोंमें मस्तक झुका उन्हें प्रसन्न करनेकी चेष्टा करने लगा

Transliteration

cirakārī tu pitaraṃ dṛṣṭvā paramaduḥkhitaḥ | śastraṃ tyaktvā tato mūrdhnā prasādāyopacakrame ||

Translation

Bhīṣma sprach: „O König, der große Weise Gautama, so vom Kummer überwältigt, sah bei seiner Heimkehr seinen Sohn Cirakārī in der Nähe stehen. Als Cirakārī den Vater in tiefster Trauer erblickte, wurde auch er von Schmerz ergriffen. Er warf die Waffe fort, neigte das Haupt zu den Füßen des Vaters und suchte Vergebung und Besänftigung—er wählte Demut und Versöhnung statt Zorn und Gewalt.“

Word by Word

• चिरकारी: Chirakari (name of the son)
• चिरकारी: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: चिरकारी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• तु: but/indeed
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु

• पितरम्: father
• पितरम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: पितृ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• दृष्ट्वा: having seen
• Type: Verb
• Root: दृश् (धातु)
• Form: Absolutive (क्त्वा), Active

• परमदुःखितः: extremely sorrowful
• परमदुःखितः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: परमदुःखित (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• शस्त्रम्: weapon
• शस्त्रम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: शस्त्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• त्यक्त्वा: having abandoned/throwing away
• Type: Verb
• Root: त्यज् (धातु)
• Form: Absolutive (क्त्वा), Active

• ततः: then/thereupon
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः

• मूर्ध्ना: with (his) head
• मूर्ध्ना: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: मूर्धन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Singular

• प्रसादाय: for appeasement/for favor
• प्रसादाय: Sampradana
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रसाद (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Dative, Singular

• उपचक्रमे: he set about/endeavored (to do)
• Type: Verb
• Root: उप-क्रम् (धातु)
• Form: Perfect (लिट्), Third, Singular, Atmanepada

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Bhishma
• Gautama (Maharshi)
• Cirakari
• weapon (śastra)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Even when emotions run high, dharma is served by restraint: abandoning violence (śastra-tyāga) and seeking reconciliation through humility and appeasement. The verse highlights repentance and the ethical turn from harm to restoration of relationships.

What is happening in the narrative?

Gautama returns home in great distress and sees his son Cirakārī nearby. Cirakārī, moved by his father’s grief, throws away his weapon and bows his head, attempting to pacify and win his father’s forgiveness.