The lion replied - Friend, better to part with life than to proceed to do a deed like this. The jackal, too, said the same thing, to which the lion replied that it could not be done. Then the tiger said - Let the master live on my flesh. The lion replied - This can never be proper. Now Chitravarna too, having got confidence, made a similar offer of himself. Just as he was saying that the tiger ripped his side and killed him, after which he was eaten by them all. Hence, I say - Surely the mind of the good etc. Then hearing the words of the third villain, the Brahmana, concluding that his own understanding was in error, throw down the goat, bathed and went home. The goat was taken by the three rogues and eaten. Hence, I say - He who from his own analogy considers a knave etc. The king asked - Meghavarna, how could you live so long among the enemies, and how could you win their favour? Meghavarna replied - Sire, what can one seeking to execute his master's business or having his own interest at heart not do? Behold! Do not people bear, O king, fuel on their heads for burning? The tide of a river, although washing the root of a tree, destroys it.