Shloka 60
गति परमिकां प्राप्तमजानन्तो नूयोनय: । नापश्यन् गच्छमान हि त॑ सार्थमृषिपुड्रवै:
gatiṁ paramikāṁ prāptam ajānanto nūyona yaḥ | nāpaśyan gacchamānaṁ hi taṁ sārtham ṛṣipuṅgavaiḥ ||
Sañjaya said: Not knowing that he had attained the supreme course, those men lamented. For the foremost of sages did not perceive that leader of the host as he departed—his passing was beyond ordinary sight and understanding.
संजय उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse contrasts limited human perception with a ‘supreme destiny’ (paramikā gati). Ethical insight: grief often arises from ignorance of a person’s true end; higher realization may render a departure invisible to ordinary senses, suggesting that spiritual attainment transcends common measures of loss.
Sañjaya reports that people lament because they do not understand that the departed one has reached the highest state. Even eminent sages do not ‘see’ him going—his departure is portrayed as subtle or beyond normal observation, emphasizing the extraordinary nature of his end.