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Shloka 12

Dasyu-maryādā and Buddhi-guided Rāja-nīti (दस्युमर्यादा तथा बुद्धिप्रधान-राजनीति)

ददर्श त॑ पक्षिसुतं बाल्यादागत्य बालक: । ततो बाल्याच्च यत्नेन तेनाक्रीडत पक्षिणा

dadārśa taṁ pakṣi-sutaṁ bālyād āgatya bālakaḥ | tato bālyāc ca yatnena tenākrīḍata pakṣiṇā ||

Dijo Bhishma: El niño pequeño, avanzando con la curiosidad propia de la infancia, vio al polluelo. Luego, movido por los impulsos de la niñez, empezó a jugar con el ave, esforzándose con empeño por atraerla al juego. La escena muestra cómo el juego inocente, cuando se une al cuidado y a la contención, se vuelve una prueba del sentido de responsabilidad que nace hacia los seres vulnerables.

ददर्शsaw
ददर्श:
TypeVerb
Rootदृश्
Formलिट् (परोक्शभूत/परफेक्ट), 3, singular, परस्मैपद
तत्that
तत्:
Karma
TypePronoun
Rootतद्
Formneuter, accusative, singular
पक्षि-सुतम्the bird’s offspring (chick)
पक्षि-सुतम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootपक्षिसुत
Formneuter, accusative, singular
बाल्यात्from childhood / due to childishness
बाल्यात्:
Apadana
TypeNoun
Rootबाल्य
Formneuter, ablative, singular
आगत्यhaving come
आगत्य:
TypeVerb
Rootआ-गम्
Formक्त्वा (absolutive/gerund)
बालकःthe boy
बालकः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootबालक
Formmasculine, nominative, singular
ततःthen / thereafter
ततः:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootततः
बाल्यात्from childishness / because of childhood
बाल्यात्:
Apadana
TypeNoun
Rootबाल्य
Formneuter, ablative, singular
and
:
TypeIndeclinable
Root
यत्नेनwith effort
यत्नेन:
Karana
TypeNoun
Rootयत्न
Formmasculine, instrumental, singular
तेनby him / with him
तेन:
Karana
TypePronoun
Rootतद्
Formmasculine, instrumental, singular
अक्रीडतplayed
अक्रीडत:
TypeVerb
Rootक्रीड्
Formलङ् (imperfect), 3, singular, परस्मैपद
पक्षिणाwith the bird
पक्षिणा:
Karana
TypeNoun
Rootपक्षिन्
Formmasculine, instrumental, singular

भीष्म उवाच

B
Bhishma (speaker)
B
bālaka (the child)
P
pakṣi-suta (young bird)

Educational Q&A

Even ordinary, seemingly harmless actions—like a child playing with a small creature—carry ethical weight. The episode points toward cultivating care, restraint, and compassion, especially toward beings that are weak and dependent.

A young boy notices a fledgling/young bird and, driven by childish curiosity, approaches it and begins to play with it attentively. The focus is on the natural impulse of childhood and how it becomes a setting for learning gentleness and responsibility.