The fowler replied Let us acquire great and inexhaustible merit in the next worlds by destroying (this creature), as a man gains great merit, and confers it on his victim as well, by sacrifice upon the altar! Merit is won by killing an enemy: by killing this despicable creature, you will acquire great and true merit in the next world.
लुब्धक उवाच ल्लभ्यो लाभ्यः स्याद् बलिभ्यः प्रशस्तः। कालाल्लाभो यस्तु सत्यो भवेत श्रेयोलाभः कुत्सितेऽस्मिन्न ते स्यात्॥