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 ||
Wika ni Bhishma: Ang munting bata, sa likas na pag-uusisa ng kabataan, ay lumapit at nakita ang inakay na ibon. Pagkaraan, dahil sa bugso ng pagkabata, sinikap niyang makipaglaro sa ibon, taimtim na pinipilit na makisama ito. Ipinapakita ng tagpong ito na ang inosenteng laro, kapag sinabayan ng pag-iingat at pagpipigil, ay nagiging pagsubok sa umuusbong na pananagutan sa mga nilalang na marupok.
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.