Shloka 8
शूरलक्षणवर्णनम् | Marks and Typologies of Martial Temperament
मृगस्वरा द्वीपिनेत्रा ऋषभाक्षास्तरस्विन: । प्रमादिनश्न मन्दाश्ष क्रोधना: किडुकिणीस्वना:
mṛgasvarā dvīpinetrā ṛṣabhākṣās tarasvinaḥ | pramādinaś ca mandāś ca krodhanāḥ kiḍukiṇīsvanāḥ ||
毗湿摩说道：“其声如鹿，其目如雌虎，其视如牡牛者，往往胆勇而迅疾，却易于疏忽，判断迟钝。又其喉音甘美，如小铃叮当者，性情多强烈易怒。”
भीष्म उवाच
Educational Q&A
Bhīṣma links outward traits (voice and eyes) with inner dispositions (speed, heedlessness, dullness, anger), urging discernment in judging temperament and in choosing whom to trust or empower—an ethical lesson in careful evaluation and self-restraint.
In Śānti Parva, Bhīṣma instructs Yudhiṣṭhira on dharma and practical governance. Here he gives a diagnostic observation about human nature—how certain observable features are traditionally taken as indicators of behavioral tendencies.