When the fishermen began to tie up the fishes they had caught, the Shakula who was known for presence of mind placed himself in the midst of those that had been so tied and remained quietly among them, biting the string, for he thought that by it they would take him to have been caught. The fisherman believed that all the fishes tied to the string had been caught.
उद्याने क्रियमाणे तु मत्स्यानां तत्र रज्जुभिः। प्रविश्यान्तरमेतेषां स्थितः सम्प्रतिपत्तिमान्॥ गृह्यमेव तदुद्यानं गृहीत्वा तं तथैव सः। सर्वानेव च तांस्तत्र ते विदुर्ग्रथितानिति॥