rājā śreṣṭhī yathā putrān vicitrair mṛnmayair mṛgaiḥ |
pralobhya krīḍayitvā ca bhūtān dadyāt tato mṛgān || 2.147 ||
147 As a king or a wealthy householder, giving his children various clay-made animals, pleases them and makes them play [with the toys], but later gives them real ones;