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कदाचित् कश्चन चोरः राजभटेभ्यः आत्मानं रक्षितुं किञ्चित् गृहं प्रविष्टवान् । स्वेन नीतां ग्रन्थिं मञ्चस्य उपरि संस्थाप्य, आत्मानं कम्बलेन आच्छाद्य तत्र शयितेन जनेन सहैव शयितवान् । तौ द्वौ अपि राजभटैः महाराजस्य समीपं नीतौ । द्वौ अपि 'अहं चोरः न' इति अवदताम् । महाराजः महान् प्राज्ञः न्यायप्रियश्च । अस्यां समस्यां परिहारः कथं करोति ? केनोपायेन दोषिणं गृह्णाति ? एतां स्वारस्यकारिणीं कथां श्रुत्वा जानन्तु ।
(“केन्द्रीयसंस्कृतविश्वविद्यालयस्य अष्टादशीयोजनान्तर्गततया एतासां कथानां ध्वनिप्रक्षेपणं क्रियते”)
Once, a thief entered a house to hide from the king’s guards. He placed his bundle on a cot, covered himself with a blanket, and lay down beside the man already sleeping there. Both were taken before the king, and each claimed, “I am not the thief”. The king, wise and just, devised a clever test. He ordered the bundle to be opened and asked each man to identify its contents. The true owner could easily describe them, while the thief hesitated and revealed himself. Thus, by intelligence rather than force, the king discovered the guilty one.