Shloka 7
पापात्म-धर्मात्म-लक्षणम् तथा निर्वेदेन मोक्षमार्गः | Marks of the Sinful and the Righteous; Dispassion (Nirveda) as a Path to Liberation
व्यभिचारे तु कम्मिंश्षिद् व्यतिक्रम्पापरान् सुतान् । पित्रोक्त: कुपितेनाथ जहीमां जननीमिति
vyabhicāre tu kammiṁścid vyatikramapāparān sutān | pitroktaḥ kupitenātha jahīmāṁ jananīm iti ||
ਭੀਸ਼ਮ ਨੇ ਆਖਿਆ—“ਇੱਕ ਵਾਰ ਵਿਭਚਾਰ ਦਾ ਮਾਮਲਾ ਹੋਇਆ ਤਾਂ ਗੌਤਮ ਕ੍ਰੋਧ ਨਾਲ ਭੜਕ ਉਠੇ। ਹੋਰ ਪੁੱਤਰਾਂ ਨੂੰ ਨਾ ਕਹਿ ਕੇ ਉਸ ਨੇ ਚਿਰਕਾਰੀ ਨੂੰ ਆਖਿਆ—‘ਪੁੱਤਰ! ਇਸ ਪਾਪਣ ਮਾਂ ਨੂੰ ਮਾਰ ਦੇ।’”
भीष्म उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse frames a moral crisis where anger and perceived transgression lead to a harsh command within the family, setting up reflection on dharma: how judgment should be tempered, how punishment relates to wrongdoing, and the danger of acting under rage.
Bhishma recounts an episode: Gautama, believing his wife guilty of adultery, becomes furious and instructs his son Cirakari—rather than the other sons—to kill the mother, initiating a dilemma about obedience, justice, and restraint.