मृगोष्ट्रखरमर्काखुसरीसृप्खगमक्षिका: । आत्मन: पुत्रवत् पश्येत्तैरेषामन्तरं कियत् ॥ ९ ॥
mrgostra-khara-markakhu- sarisrp khaga-maksikah atmanah putravat pasyet tair esam antaram kiyat
- mrga
- deer
- ustra
- camels
- khara
- asses
- marka
- monkeys
- akhu
- mice
- sarisrp
- snakes
- khaga
- birds
- maksikah
- flies
- atmanah
- of one’s self
- putra-vat
- like the sons
- pasyet
- one should see
- taih
- with those sons
- esam
- of these animals
- antaram
- difference
- kiyat
- how little.
One should treat animals such as deer, camels, asses, monkeys, mice, snakes, birds and flies exactly like one’s own son. How little difference there actually is between children and these innocent animals.