Shloka 7

शूरलक्षणवर्णनम् | Marks and Typologies of Martial Temperament

Devanagari script

प्रायः सभी देशोंमें महान्‌ धैर्यशशाली, महाबली एवं शूरवीर पैदा होते हैं। उन सबका उल्लेख अधिकतर किया जा चुका है। अब तुम मुझसे उनके लक्षण सुनो ।।

Transliteration

bhīṣma uvāca |

prāyaḥ sarveṣu deśeṣu mahān dhairyaśālī mahābalī ca śūravīraś ca jāyante | teṣāṃ sarveṣām ullekho bahuśaḥ kṛtaḥ | idānīṃ teṣāṃ lakṣaṇāni mattaḥ śṛṇu ||

siṃhaśārdūlavāg-netrāḥ siṃhaśārdūlagāminaḥ |

pārāvatakulijñākṣāḥ sarve śūrāḥ pramāthinaḥ ||

Translation

ພີສະມະກ່າວວ່າ: «ໃນເກືອບທຸກແດນດິນ ຍ່ອມມີຜູ້ມີຄວາມອົດທົນຍິ່ງ ກໍາລັງໃຫຍ່ ແລະຄວາມກ້າຫານ; ສ່ວນໃຫຍ່ໄດ້ກ່າວໄວ້ແລ້ວ. ບັດນີ້ ຈົ່ງຟັງຈາກເຮົາເຖິງເຄື່ອງໝາຍຈໍາແນກ. ຜູ້ໃດມີສຽງຄໍາເວົ້າ ສາຍຕາ ແລະທ່າທາງດັ່ງສິງໂຕແລະເສືອ ແລະມີດວງຕາຄົມແຈ້ງດັ່ງນົກພິຈອນແລະນົກຈອກ—ຜູ້ນັ້ນລ້ວນເປັນວີລະຊົນ ສາມາດບົດຂະຍີ້ແລະກວນແຖວທັບສັດຕູໃຫ້ແຕກພັງ».

Word by Word

• सिंहशार्दूलवाक्: having speech like lions and tigers
• सिंहशार्दूलवाक्: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सिंहशार्दूलवाक् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• नेत्राः: having eyes (of such-and-such kind)
• नेत्राः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: नेत्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• सिंहशार्दूलगामिनः: moving/walking like lions and tigers
• सिंहशार्दूलगामिनः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सिंहशार्दूलगामिन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• पारावतकुलिज्ञाक्षाः: whose eyes are like those of pigeons/sparrows
• पारावतकुलिज्ञाक्षाः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पारावतकुलिज्ञाक्ष (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• सर्वे: all
• सर्वे: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• शूराः: heroes, brave men
• शूराः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: शूर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• प्रमाथिनः: crushers, destroyers (of enemy forces)
• प्रमाथिनः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: प्रमाथिन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Bhishma

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Bhishma teaches that genuine heroism has observable traits—steadfastness, power, and a disciplined presence expressed through speech, gaze, and gait—by which a warrior can be recognized as capable of overpowering enemy forces.

What is happening in the narrative?

In Shanti Parva, Bhishma continues instructing Yudhishthira. Here he transitions from having mentioned many notable heroes to describing the general characteristics by which such formidable warriors are identified.