Verily man reapeth the fruit of his former acts; and therefore it is that this food ordained to that end, comes to me after a long time. I shall feed on these monkeys, one by one, slaying them one after another. Eyeing those apes, the bird expressed himself thus.
विधिः किल नरं लोके विधानेनानुवर्तते। यथायं विहितो भक्ष्यश्चिरान्मह्यमुपागतः॥ परम्पराणां भक्षिष्ये वानराणां मृतं मृतम्। उवाचैतद् वचः पक्षी तान् निरीक्ष्य प्लवङ्गमान्॥