The jackal knew who had taken away the meat and the party who were connected with the act. But though he knew everything, he bore it for a particular object.
यदर्थं चाप्यपहृतं येन तच्चैव मन्त्रितम्। तस्य तद् विदितं सर्वं कारणार्थं च मर्षितम्॥