The Jackal said : O tiger, you have made many attempts to seize this deer, but your efforts were in vain, for this deer is young, fleet and intelligent. Let the mouse go and eat into its feet when it is asleep. When his feet will be thus eaten, let the tiger go and seize it. Then we shall all eat it with a delightful heart.
जम्बुक उवाच असकृद् यतितो ह्येष हन्तुं व्याघ्र वने त्वया।॥ युवा वै जवसम्पन्नो बुद्धिशाली न शक्यते। मूषिकोऽस्य शयानस्य चरणौ भक्षयत्वयम्॥ यथैनं भक्षितैः पादैर्व्याघ्रो गृहणातु वै ततः। ततो वै भक्षयिष्यामः सर्वे मुदितमानसाः॥