भस्मीभूतांस्तु तान्दृष्ट्वा कपिलो मुनिसत्तमः । जगाम परमं शोकं चिन्त्यमानोऽथ किल्बिषम्
bhasmībhūtāṃstu tāndṛṣṭvā kapilo munisattamaḥ | jagāma paramaṃ śokaṃ cintyamāno'tha kilbiṣam
جب کپِل، جو مُنیوں میں افضل تھا، نے انہیں راکھ بنا ہوا دیکھا تو وہ گہرے رنج میں ڈوب گیا، اور پھر پیش آئے قصور پر غور کرتے ہوئے گناہ کی بابت اندیشہ کرنے لگا۔
Narrator (contextual; likely Sūta/Lomaharṣaṇa)
Tirtha: Kapilāśrama / Sagara-putra-bhasma-sthāna (implied)
Type: kshetra
Listener: a king (rājendra)
Scene: A quiet aftermath: grey ash heaps where warriors stood; Kapila rises or looks upon them with softened eyes, hands lowered in sorrow, the fiery aura gone; the cave/āśrama feels still and heavy.
Even great sages embody compassion and moral reflection, turning calamity into a path toward purification.
The episode functions as the backstory for the sanctifying power of Kāpila-tīrtha in the Revā Khaṇḍa.
The verse hints at prāyaścitta (atonement), which is elaborated through tīrtha-acts in subsequent verses.