अरौद्र: कुण्डली चक्री विक्रम्यूजितशासन: । शब्दातिग: शब्दसह: शिशिर: शर्वरीकर:
araudraḥ kuṇḍalī cakrī vikramyūjitaśāsanaḥ | śabdātigaḥ śabdasahaḥ śiśiraḥ śarvarīkaraḥ |
ビーシュマは言った。「彼は気性が荒くはない。耳飾りを帯び、円盤(チャクラ)を携える。勇武によってその統治は堅く打ち立てられている。彼は音声を超越しながら、なお音声に耐える。彼は清涼にして慰撫し、夜をもたらす者である。」
भीष्म उवाच
The verse praises an ideal sovereign/divine figure whose power is grounded in valor yet tempered by gentleness: he is not wrathful, can endure harsh speech, and remains cooling and stabilizing—suggesting that true authority is joined with self-restraint and beneficence.
In Anuśāsana Parva, Bhīṣma continues his didactic discourse by describing exalted qualities—here in a compact list of epithets—characterizing a supreme protector/ideal ruler (often read as a Viṣṇu-like figure due to ‘cakrī’), emphasizing both might and moral composure.