Shloka 55
वृत्ति-सत्सङ्ग-दान-धर्म
Livelihood, Virtuous Association, and Ethics of Giving
अवीनां पित्तभेदश्न सर्वेषामिति न: श्रुतम् । शुकानामपि सर्वेषां हिक्किका प्रोच्यते ज्वर:,समस्त भेड़ोंका पित्तभेद भी ज्वर ही है--यह हमारे सुननेमें आया है। समस्त तोतोंके लिये हिचकीको ही ज्वर बताया गया है
avīnāṃ pittabhedaś ca sarveṣām iti naḥ śrutam | śukānām api sarveṣāṃ hikkikā procyate jvaraḥ ||
अवीनां पित्तभेदोऽपि ज्वर इति नः श्रुतम्। शुकानां सर्वेषां हिक्किका ज्वर उच्यते।
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.