The fowler replied A great number (of creatures)should be safeguarded against this one, instead of this single creature being protected. Virtuous men quit the vicious: do you, therefore, destroy the wicked creature.
लुब्धक उवाच अस्मादेकाद् बहवो रक्षितव्या नैको बहुभ्यो गौतमि रक्षितव्यः। कृतागसं धर्मविदस्त्यजन्ति सरीसृपं पापमिमं जहि त्वम्॥