Kathasaritsagara 1.5.58

1.5.58

kiṃ na jānāsi yadrājñāmavicāraratā dhiyaḥ /
acirācca bhavecchuddhistathā cātra kathaṃ śṛṇu //

Now once on a time that minister said to me when my state of concealment weighed upon my spirits; " why do you, although you know all things, abandon yourself to despondency? Do you not know that the minds of kings are most undiscerning, and in a short time you will be cleared from all imputations; in proof of which listen to the following tale:—