Having pondered thus, Samjivaka said - Friend, how am I to know that he is bent on (lit., desirous of) killing me? Damanaka replied - When he, with his tail erect, his (fore)-paws lifted up and his mouth wide open, will look at you, you too should display your prowess. For, to whom is a man, powerful yet void of fire (spirit, energy) not an object of contempt? Lo, people fearlessly set their foot upon a heap of ashes.