Concealing the faults of your servants, I am living in your palace in constant dread of danger, even like a person living in a room with a snake within it or like the lover of a hero's wife. My object is to ascertain the behaviour of the king who lives with me.
अन्तःसर्प इवागारे वीरपत्न्या इवालये॥ शीलं जिज्ञासमानेन राज्ञश्च सहजीविनः। कच्चिज्जितेन्द्रियो राजा कच्चिदस्यान्तरा जिताः॥