Hearing these words of theirs the jackal replied to them, with rapt attention, in these sweet and reasonable words, inculcating harmlessness to all-
इति तेषां वचः श्रुत्वा प्रत्युवाच समाहितः। मधुरैः प्रसृतैर्वार्यहेतुमद्भिरनिष्ठुरैः॥