Tempted to come there by the scent of the mouse, the animal came quickly for devouring his pray. He stood on his haunches, with head raised up and licking the corners of his mouth with his tongue. The mouse saw at the same time another enemy living in the holes of trees, then sitting on the branch of the banian. It was night-ranging owl, by name Chandraka having sharp beaks. Being seen both by the mongoose and the owl, the mouse, in great fear, began to think thus.
तेन मूषिकगन्धेन त्वरमाणमुपागतम्॥ भक्ष्यार्थं संलिहानं तं भूमावूर्ध्वमुखं स्थितम्। शाखागतमरिं चान्यमपश्यत् कोटरालयम्॥ उलूकं चन्द्रकं नाम तीक्ष्णतुण्डं क्षपाचरम्। गतस्य विषयं तत्र नकुलोलूकयोस्तथा॥ अथास्यासीदियं चिन्ता तत् प्राप्य सुमहद्भयम्।