The king - Enough of discussion (lit. answers and replies). You may follow the policy you approve of. After this talk the great minister, Vulture, saying 'I will do what befits the occasion,' set out for the interior of the castle. Now the crane, employed as a spy, came and said to Hiranyagarbha - The great minister, Vulture, is coming to us to conclude a treaty. The royal Swan said - Minister, some partisan (of the enemy) might be coming here. Sarvajna, smiling, observed My lord, there is no room for suspicion in this case. For this personage is the magnanimous Duradarsi. Or rather, such is the behaviour of the weak-mined (or dull-headed). Sometimes they have no suspicion at all; at others they would suspect everything. For, s swan, searching for lotus-sprouts (or stalks) in a lake at night, and therefore unable to discern (them) properly, being several times deceived by his seeing the reflections of stars (which he mistook for lotuses), does not eat the white lotus even during daytime, suspecting it to be a star. A man when once surprised (deceived) by a fraud, suspects evil even in truth.