The King said : O hawk, I consider your this request as a favour. I shall give you my own flesh weighing it against the pigeon.
राजोवाच अनुग्रहमिमं मन्ये श्येन यन्माभियाचसे। तस्मात् तेऽद्य प्रदास्यामि स्वमांसं तुलयाधृतम्॥