Thus have recited to you, O Yudhishthira, the old story (of the mouse and the cat). Havii.g listened to it, do you: act properly in the midst of your friends and kinsmen.
एवमेतन्मया प्रोक्तमितिहासं युधिष्ठिर॥ श्रुत्वा त्वं सुहृदां मध्ये यथावत् समुपाचर।