The king replied to him, saying,—Why should I not hear anything which you will say, since I am not blind to what is for my good?
तथाविधस्य सुहृदा क्षन्तव्यं स्वं विजानता। ऐश्वर्यमिच्छता नित्यं पुरुषेण बुभूषता॥