Hearing the words of the arrogant crow, the swans, that had come there, the foremost of birds gifted with great strength, began to laugh. The swans, who were capable of coursing everywhere at will then, addressed the crow saying.
तच्छुत्वा प्राहसन् हंसा ये तत्रासन् समागताः॥ भाषतो बहु काकस्य बलिनः पततां वराः। इदमूचुः स्म चक्राङ्गा वचः काकं विहङ्गमाः॥