Shloka 4
कुण्डधारोपाख्यानम्
Kuṇḍadhāra-Upākhyāna: Dharma’s Superiority over Wealth and Desire
सम्भावयन्ति पितरं त्वया सम्भाविता: खगा: । असंशयं पिता वै त्वं पुत्रानाहूय जाजले,ये पक्षी तुम्हारे द्वारा पालित और समादूत हुए हैं। अतः तुम्हारा पिताके समान सम्मान करते हैं। जाजले! इसमें संदेह नहीं कि तुम इनके पिता ही हो; अतः इन पुत्रोंको बुलाकर प्रश्न करो
sambhāvayanti pitaraṁ tvayā sambhāvitāḥ khagāḥ | asaṁśayaṁ pitā vai tvaṁ putrān āhūya jājale ||
Ang mga ibon, na inalagaan at pinarangalan mo, ngayo’y iginagalang ka bilang kanilang ama. O Jājali, walang pag-aalinlangan: ikaw nga ang kanilang ama. Kaya tipunin mo ang mga anak na ito at sila’y tanungin.
चुलाधार उवाच
Educational Q&A
Care and protection create moral bonds and obligations: one who nurtures living beings becomes, in an ethical sense, their parent and deserves respect while also bearing responsibility toward them.
Culādhāra addresses Jājali, pointing out that the birds he has raised now revere him as their father; Culādhāra urges him to call these birds (as his 'sons') and question them.