The Hawk said : O king, if you give me as much flesh as would be equal in weight to this pigeon, flesh cutting off from your right thigh, then can the pigeon be saved by you, then would you do what would be agreeable to me and what the Shivi people would speak in high terms of praise.
श्येन उवाच ऊरोदक्षिणादुत्कृत्य स्वपिशितं तावद् राजन् यावन्मांसं कपोतेन समम्। तथा तस्मात् साधु त्रातः कपोतः प्रशंसेयुश्च शिबयः कृतं च प्रियं स्यान्ममेति॥