Shloka 10
मृदु-तीक्ष्ण-नीति तथा दुष्टलक्षण-विज्ञानम्
Measured Policy and the Recognition of Malicious Disposition
विरमेच्छुष्कवैरेभ्य: कण्ठायासांश्व वर्जयेत् । यथा वैतंसिको युक्तो द्विजानां सदृशस्वन:
bhīṣma uvāca | viramec chuṣkavairebhyaḥ kaṇṭhāyāsāṃś ca varjayet | yathā vaitaṃsiko yukto dvijānāṃ sadṛśasvanaḥ purandara |
Wika ni Bhishma: “O Purandara, tumigil sa mga alitang tigang at walang pakinabang, at iwasan ang mga pagtatalong nagpapagod lamang sa lalamunan. Gaya ng bihasang manghuhuli ng ibon na maingat at nakatuon sa gawain, ginagaya ang mismong huni ng mga ibon at sa tamang sandali’y napapasailalim sila—gayon din ang masipag na hari: unti-unti niyang pasukuin ang mga kaaway sa kanyang kapangyarihan (at saka sila harapin ayon sa hinihingi ng patakaran).”
भीष्म उवाच
Educational Q&A
Do not waste energy on fruitless hostility or loud, exhausting quarrels; instead, act with disciplined strategy—patiently and intelligently gaining control over adversaries rather than engaging in empty contention.
In Bhishma’s instruction on kingship and policy, he addresses the listener as ‘Purandara’ and uses the simile of a bird-catcher who imitates birds’ calls to lure and capture them, illustrating how a king should methodically subdue enemies through calculated means.