When portion after portion of his flesh had been added to weigh against the pigeon and no more flesh was left on his body, he then himself mounted on the scale.
न विद्यते यदा मांसं कपोतेन समंधृतम्। तत उत्कृत्तमांसोऽसावारुरोह स्वयं तुलाम्॥