Thus addressed by the jackal, the king of beasts answered him,-Let it be so!-and showed him every honour. The jackal then accepted the ministership of the tiger.
एवमस्त्विति तेनासौ मृगेन्द्रेणाभिपूजितः। प्राप्तवान् मतिसाचिव्यं गोमायुर्व्याघ्रयोनितः॥