His deceitful ministers represented to him that the meat kept for him had been taken away by his learned minister, the jackal, that was so proud of his own wisdom.
कृतकैश्चापि तन्मांसं मृगेन्द्रायोपवर्णितम्॥ सचिवेनापनीतं ते विदुषा प्राज्ञमानिना।