Thereafter, the mouse Palita, who knew well the requirements of time and place, began, as he lay under the body of the cat, to cut the strings of the noose slowly, waiting for the proper time to finish his work.
लीनः स तस्य गात्रेषु पलितो देशकालवित्। चिच्छेद पाशान् नृपते कालापेक्षी शनैः शनैः॥