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 ।।

Transliteration

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

Translation

毗湿摩说道：“大王啊，忧苦中的大圣仙乔达摩回到家中，看见儿子迟作者（Cirakārī）就站在近旁。迟作者见父亲悲恸难当，自己也深受触动。于是他弃下兵刃，俯首伏于父足之前，求其宽恕，竭力安抚——以谦卑与和解，代替愤怒与杀伐。”

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.