Mahabharata — Shanti Parva, Shloka 55
वृत्ति-सत्सङ्ग-दान-धर्म
Livelihood, Virtuous Association, and Ethics of Giving
अवीनां पित्तभेदश्न सर्वेषामिति न: श्रुतम् । शुकानामपि सर्वेषां हिक्किका प्रोच्यते ज्वर:
avīnāṃ pittabhedaś ca sarveṣām iti naḥ śrutam | śukānām api sarveṣāṃ hikkikā procyate jvaraḥ ||
ဘီရှ္မက ပြောသည်– “ဤသည်ကို အထွေထွေ စည်းကမ်းတစ်ရပ်အဖြစ် ကျွန်ုပ်တို့ ကြားဖူးသည်– သိုးအားလုံးတွင် pitta-bheda ဟု ခေါ်သော ရောဂါသည်ပင် ဇွရဟု သတ်မှတ်ကြသည်။ ထို့အတူ ကြက်တူရွေးအားလုံးအတွက် ဟစ်ကီ (hiccup) ကိုပင် ဇွရဟု ဖော်ပြကြသည်။”
भीष्म उवाच
Educational Q&A
Bhishma conveys a piece of received traditional knowledge: different species may have characteristic ailments that are conventionally classified under ‘fever’ (jvara). The verse illustrates how diagnostic categories can be applied by customary association rather than by a single uniform symptom-set.
Within Bhishma’s long instructional discourse in the Shanti Parva, he cites proverbial/medical observations about animals—sheep and parrots—to support a broader explanatory point about how conditions are named and understood in traditional learning.