Those wicked persons at first tried to please and win him over with friendly conduct and make him put up with the various abuses which existed in the state.
मित्रबुद्ध्या च गोमायुं सान्त्वयित्वा प्रसाद्य च। दोषैस्तु समतां नेतुमैच्छन्नशुभबुद्धयः॥