While the mouse and the cat were thus conversing, both in serious danger, the night gradually passed away. A great fear, however, possessed the heart of the cat.
तयोः संवदतोरेवं तथैवापन्नयोर्द्वयोः॥ क्षयं जगाम सा रात्रिर्लोमशं त्वाविशद् भयम्।