Seeing that son prostrated at his feet, the father thought that, filled with fear, he was asking for pardon for the offence he had perpetrated in taking up a weapon.
बुद्धिशासीत् सुतं दृष्ट्वा पितुरचरणयोर्नतम्। शस्त्रग्रहणचापल्यं संवृणोति भयादिति॥