Shloka 8
शूरलक्षणवर्णनम् | Marks and Typologies of Martial Temperament
मृगस्वरा द्वीपिनेत्रा ऋषभाक्षास्तरस्विन: । प्रमादिनश्न मन्दाश्ष क्रोधना: किडुकिणीस्वना:
mṛgasvarā dvīpinetrā ṛṣabhākṣās tarasvinaḥ | pramādinaś ca mandāś ca krodhanāḥ kiḍukiṇīsvanāḥ ||
ພີສະມະກ່າວວ່າ: «ຜູ້ໃດມີສຽງຄໍຄ້າຍກວາງ ມີດວງຕາຄ້າຍເສືອແມ່ ແລະສາຍຕາຄ້າຍງົວຜູ້—ໂດຍທົ່ວໄປຈະກ້າຫານ ແລະວ່ອງໄວ ແຕ່ມັກປະມາດ ແລະຕັດສິນໃຈທຶບທື່. ແລະຜູ້ໃດມີສຽງຄໍຫວານດັ່ງສຽງກະດິ່ງນ້ອຍໆ—ໂດຍນິໄສຈະໂກດງ່າຍແຮງ».
भीष्म उवाच
Educational Q&A
Bhīṣma links outward traits (voice and eyes) with inner dispositions (speed, heedlessness, dullness, anger), urging discernment in judging temperament and in choosing whom to trust or empower—an ethical lesson in careful evaluation and self-restraint.
In Śānti Parva, Bhīṣma instructs Yudhiṣṭhira on dharma and practical governance. Here he gives a diagnostic observation about human nature—how certain observable features are traditionally taken as indicators of behavioral tendencies.