Having thought thus, the mouse, well-read in the science of Profit and well-acquainted with times when war should be declared and peace made, gently spoke to the cat, saying,
एवं विचिन्तयामास मूषिकः शत्रुचेष्टितम्॥ ततोऽर्थगतितत्त्वज्ञः संधिविग्रहकालवित्। सान्त्वपूर्वमिदं वाक्यं मार्जारं मूषिकोऽब्रवीत्॥