Shloka 10
Śakra–Śambara Saṃvāda: Brāhmaṇa-sevā, Anasūyā, and Vāg-bala (शक्रशम्बरसंवादः)
मुझे इनका अन्त दिखायी नहीं देता। इनके लिये किसी भी दिशाका द्वार बंद नहीं है। ये जिस समय क्रोधमें भर जाते हैं उस समय दावानलकी लपटोंके समान हो जाते हैं और वैसी ही दाहक दृष्टिसे देखने लगते हैं ।।
bhīṣma uvāca | na me teṣām antaḥ pratyakṣo bhavati | na teṣāṁ diśāṁ prati kaścid dvāra-nirodhaḥ | yadā te krodhena samāviṣṭā bhavanti tadā dāvāgnijvālā-sadṛśā bhavanti tathā ca dāhakayā dṛṣṭyā paśyanti || bibhyaty eṣāṁ sāhasikā guṇās teṣām atīva hi | kūpā iva tṛṇacchannā viśuddhā dyaur ivāpare ||
毗湿摩说道：“我看不见这些人的界限；无论哪一方，都没有门对他们关闭。怒火充盈之时，他们如林火之火舌，目光亦灼人。连勇猛无畏者也惧怕他们，因为他们内在的卓越实在太过宏大。在这些婆罗门之中，有的如被草覆盖的井，隐匿其威力；有的则如澄澈长空，清净明朗，光辉显现。”
भीष्म उवाच
Educational Q&A
Bhīṣma highlights the formidable spiritual and moral potency attributed to brāhmaṇas: their virtues and inner power can be so great that even the brave fear them, especially when anger is unleashed. He also distinguishes between those who conceal their strength in humility and those whose purity and influence are openly evident.
In the Anuśāsana Parva’s instruction-setting, Bhīṣma is describing a class of brāhmaṇas and their nature—unbounded in capability, terrifying when enraged, and varied in outward expression: some hide their radiance like a grass-covered well, while others shine like the clear sky.