Then the king, having got up set out at the auspicious hour declared by the astrologers. Now the spy despatched by his emissary came to Hiranyagarbha and said - Sire, king Chitavarna is almost arrived. Now he is on the tableland of the Malaya Mountain with his army encamped there. The castle should be carefully searched every moment: for, the vulture is a great statesman and in the course of his confidential talk with someone, I came to know his secret that he had already placed someone in our castle. My lord, said Chakravaka, that could be the crow alone. It can never be, remarked the king. For, if this were the case, how could he have shown readiness to punish the parrot? Besides, it was after the departure of the parrot, that an eagerness for war was displayed there, while he is here for a long time. The minister remarked - Still a stranger must be suspected. The king rejoined - Even strangers are sometimes observed to be benefactors. Listen - Even a stranger doing good is a relative, while a relative doing harm is a stranger (an enemy); a disease taking its birth in the body is injurious, while a medicinal herb produced in the forest is salutary.