बालोऽपि नावमन्तव्यो मनुष्य इति भूमिपः।
महती देवता ह्येषा नररूपेण तिष्ठति॥
इन्दिश्चे स्प्रुचे ४४४६ १९६७ हितोपदेशे
bālo'pi nāvamantavyo manuṣya iti bhūmipaḥ|
mahatī devatā hyeṣā nararūpeṇa tiṣṭhati||
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A king or the state should never ignore or treat negligently even a boy. The boy too is a human being, and the human being is standing on earth as the reperesentation of the Divinity or God himself.
It is not mere tall talk. In our Indian culture, where Democracy in the current shape was not exactly in vogue, the rules of procedures and the statutes clearly provided for the rights of boys, weaker section of the people and the under privileged.