Shloka 11
Mahāvasu’s Fall by Speech-Error and Release through Devotion (अज-विवादः वसोः शापः विमोचनं च)
बिशभ्रत् पितुश्च कौरव्य रूपवर्णमनुत्तमम्
bibhrat pituś ca kauravya rūpa-varṇam anuttamam
ഭീഷ്മൻ പറഞ്ഞു—ഹേ കൗരവ്യാ! അവൻ പിതാവിന്റെ അതുല്യമായ രൂപവും വർണ്ണവും ധരിച്ചു നിന്നു.
भीष्म उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse highlights the ideal of noble lineage reflected in visible excellence—suggesting that a worthy son embodies and continues the father’s distinguished qualities, a common ethical motif in the Mahābhārata’s discussions of kingship and dharma.
Bhīṣma addresses a Kuru prince and describes a person being discussed as possessing the father’s unsurpassed beauty and complexion, functioning as a brief characterizing detail within Bhīṣma’s larger discourse in the Śānti Parva.