The king - Go and attend to everything with despatch. The doorkeeper having entered again - Sire, a crow, Meghavarna (cloud-colour) by name, who has come from Ceylon, is waiting at the gate with his retinue and wishes to see Your Majesty's feet. The king - A crow again knows everything and has a wide range of observation and is, for this reason, worthy of being retained. Chakravaka observed - Sire, this may be. But the crow is a land-bird and is consequently set on the side of our enemies. How should he be admitted, then? For it is said - That fool, who deserting his own side is attached to the enemy's party, is killed by the enemies, like the jackal with the blue colour.