Varaha Purana 137.9 — Adhyaya 137, Shloka 9
The Tale of the Vulture and the She-Jackal: The Māhātmya of the Saukarava Sacred Field
क्रीडामेवात्र जानामि येन क्रीडन्ति बालकाः ॥ राज्यचिन्तां न जानामि राजानो यां तु कुर्वते
krīḍām evātra jānāmi yena krīḍanti bālakāḥ || rājya-cintāṁ na jānāmi rājāno yāṁ tu kurvate
ഇവിടെ ഞാൻ അറിയുന്നത് കളിയത്രേ—കുട്ടികൾ കളിക്കുന്നതുപോലെ; രാജാക്കന്മാർ ചെയ്യുന്ന രാജ്യചിന്ത എനിക്ക് അറിയില്ല।
Pṛthivī (default dialogue frame; speaker not explicit in excerpt)
Subject Matter: ["Ethics","Kingship","Psychology of Duty"]
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It captures a classical topos: statecraft as mental burden (cintā) contrasted with childhood play, useful for studying ancient political ethics and literary rhetoric.
No geographic reference is present.
A recognition that governance requires specialized competence and psychological readiness, not merely status or inheritance.
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