Shloka 8
आपद्धर्मे कोशबलन्यायः | Treasury, Force, and Crisis-Ethics for the King
शरीरमपि राजेन्द्र तस्य कानिषप्ठिकासमम् । ग्रीवा बाहू तथा पादौ केशाश्षाद्भुतदर्शना:,'राजेन्द्र। उनका शरीर भी कनिष्ठिका अंगुलीके समान पतला था। उनकी गर्दन, दोनों भुजाएँ, दोनों पैर और सिरके बाल भी अद्भुत दिखायी देते थे
śarīram api rājendra tasya kāniṣṭhikā-samam | grīvā bāhū tathā pādau keśāś cādbhuta-darśanāḥ ||
ភីṣ្មៈបាននិយាយថា៖ «រាជេន្រ! រូបកាយរបស់លោកស្គមស្តើងដូចម្រាមកូនដៃតូចបំផុត។ ក៏ដូចជាក ក្បាលដៃទាំងពីរ ជើងទាំងពីរ និងសក់លើក្បាលរបស់លោក សុទ្ធតែមានរូបរាងអស្ចារ្យចម្លែក»។
भीष्म उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse emphasizes careful observation and credible testimony in dharma-discourse: Bhīṣma presents distinctive physical signs to identify or characterize an extraordinary person, suggesting that outward marks can function as narrative evidence and as indicators of unusual destiny or nature.
Bhīṣma is describing to Yudhiṣṭhira the remarkable physical features of a certain individual—extremely slender-bodied, with striking limbs and hair—highlighting the person’s uncommon appearance as part of the ongoing account in Śānti Parva.