Damanaka asked - How was this? Karataka said - In a place near the holy forest in the country of Magadha, a certain man of the writer class, Subhadatta by name, was having a convent built. A carpenter had put a wedge between the two split-up parts of a beam which was being cut with a saw and which was cleft to some length. A troop of apes came there prancing about. One of the apes, as if urged by Death, caught hold of the wedge with his hands and sat there, while his lower parts hanging down entered the split between the two pieces of the wood. Then through the mischievous spirit natural to his species, he drew out the wedge with great effort. As soon as the wedge was pulled out, those parts were squeezed, and he perished. Hence, I say - He who wishes to meddle with matters etc. Damanaka said - Still a servant ought to watch the actions of his master. Karataka replied - Let the prime minister who has charge of all affairs do it. For, a servant must, under no circumstances, interfere with (lit, sit in discussion over) another's business. See, He, who interferes with another's business with a view to serve his master's good, comes to grief like the ass that was beaten for braying.