Shloka 10
Brāhmaṇa-vandana: Criteria for Veneration, Disciplined Speech, and Protective Kingship (अनुशासनपर्व, अध्याय ८)
शक्यं होवाहवे योद्धं न दातुमनसूयितम्
śakyaṃ hovāhave yoddhaṃ na dātum anasūyitam
قال بهيشما: قد يكون من الممكن في ساحة القتال أن يُعثر على محارب؛ ولكن لا يمكن أن يُوهَبَ—ولا أن يُؤمَّن—إنسانٌ منزَّهٌ عن الحسد وتتبع العيوب. فمثل هذه السجية لا تُعطى عطاءً، بل تُكتسب بتربية النفس عليها بوصفها فضيلة أخلاقية.
भीष्म उवाच
Educational Q&A
Bhīṣma contrasts external capability with inner virtue: martial skill may be obtained, but freedom from envy and fault-finding (anasūyā) is a rare ethical quality that cannot be simply ‘given’ by others; it must be developed through discipline and character.
In Bhīṣma’s instruction on conduct (anuśāsana), he emphasizes the difficulty of finding truly noble-minded people. He notes that while warriors can be found for battle, a person devoid of envy and censoriousness is not something one can procure or confer at will.