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 ||
ພີດສະມະກ່າວວ່າ: ເດັກນ້ອຍນັ້ນ ດ້ວຍຄວາມຢາກຮູ້ຕາມວັຍເດັກ ໄດ້ເຂົ້າໄປເຫັນລູກນົກ. ແລ້ວດ້ວຍແຮງຜັກດັນຂອງວັຍເດັກ ລາວກໍພະຍາຍາມຢ່າງຈິງຈັງເພື່ອຫຼິ້ນກັບນົກນັ້ນ. ພາບນີ້ຊີ້ໃຫ້ເຫັນວ່າ ການຫຼິ້ນຢ່າງບໍລິສຸດ ເມື່ອຄຽງຄູ່ກັບການດູແລແລະການຍັບຍັ້ງ ຈະກາຍເປັນບົດທົດສອບຄວາມຮັບຜິດຊອບຕໍ່ຜູ້ອ່ອນແອ.
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.