The mouse very quickly cut the remaining string which held fast that cat. Freed from the noose, the cat run quickly and got upon the banian. Palita also, freed from that perilous position and from the presence of a terrible enemy quickly fled and entered his hole. Lomasha meanwhile had got upon the high tree.
ततश्चिच्छेद तं पाशं मार्जारस्य च मूषिकः॥ विप्रमुक्तोऽथ मार्जारस्तमेवाभ्यपतद् दुमम्। स तस्मात् सम्भ्रमावर्तान्मुक्तो घोरेण शत्रुणा॥ बिलं विवेश पलितः शाखां लेभे स लोमशः।