The moment he heard such terror-stricken and surprised words from Rupanjan's mouth, the King stroked his white beard a bit with his hand and, wearing a thoroughly crooked smile of thievery, said, "Hahaha! O you Rupanjan child—unraveling the most difficult and impossible knot of this world in a single second using one's own head, making it as clear as water, is the absolute truest test of a heroic man's discernment, re bapu! Today, with these royal eyes of mine, I want to see thoroughly well exactly how much discerning intellect you hold within your head, and standing before the staged trap of the thieves of this royal palace, exactly what you can and cannot do by the force of your razor-sharp intellect—I want to test that thoroughly well by opening these two eyes of mine today, child!"
The moment he heard such a grand, strict challenge to his own capability from the Maharaja's mouth—the stubbornness of the heroic man inside Rupanjan reared its head and surged upward in a single moment! Puffing out his broad chest, placing his hands on his waist, looking toward the Maharaja's eyes, he spoke out in a thoroughly grave and slow voice, saying, "Very well, Maharaja! Exerting the force of my own head, I welcome this strange and razor-sharp test of intellect of yours with open arms, bapu! However, yes—before pulling out the real thief with my own hands in a single second from between these two ugly thieves standing upon the floor of this court—please open your own mouth and grant me and this head of mine just a little bit of time to think with a thoroughly calm mind, Maharaja! Exerting the force of my intellect right now, I am finding out exactly which thief among them has displayed the grand audacity to steal my bag; you grant me a little time!"
The moment he heard such an appeal of intellect from Rupanjan's mouth, the Maharaja waved his royal hand and said to the guards, "Very well, Rupanjan child, opening my own mouth, I grant you permission to remain all alone for a little while with great joy, bapu! You guards, take these two thieves and go stand in a corner of the court; leave Rupanjan completely alone now!" At the Maharaja's command, the guards moved a little distance away with the thieves, leaving Rupanjan completely alone in the middle of the court.