Reading the thoughts of all creatures, the sage felt that the dog had sufficient cause for fear. Endued with the six attributes and capable of reading the voices of all animals, the sage said as follows.
स मुनिस्तस्य विज्ञाय भावज्ञो भयकारणम्। रुतज्ञः सर्वसत्त्वानां तमैश्वर्यसमन्वितः॥