Thereupon the priest thus spoke to the king," Afraid of the hawk, this pigeon has come to you for his life with the intention of saving it.
अथ पुरोहितो राजानमब्रवीत्। प्राणरक्षार्थं श्येनाद् भीतो भवन्तं प्राणार्थी प्रपद्यते॥