Shloka 12
ददर्श त॑ पक्षिसुतं बाल्यादागत्य बालक: । ततो बाल्याच्च यत्नेन तेनाक्रीडत पक्षिणा
dadārśa taṁ pakṣi-sutaṁ bālyād āgatya bālakaḥ | tato bālyāc ca yatnena tenākrīḍata pakṣiṇā ||
भीष्म ने कहा— वह बालक बाल-सुलभ कौतूहल से आगे बढ़कर उस पक्षी के बच्चे को देखने लगा। फिर बाल्य-प्रेरणा से वह यत्नपूर्वक उस पक्षी के साथ खेलने लगा।
भीष्म उवाच
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.