Mahabharata 12.112.45

12.112.45

īpsitaṃ ca mṛgendrasya māṃsaṃ yattatra saṃskṛtam |
apanīya svayaṃ taddhi tairnyastaṃ tasya veśmani || 45 ||

Then some amongst them, making a compact amongst themselves for effecting his destruction, took away the well-dressed meat that was intended for and much desired by the king of beasts, and placed it secretly in the house of the jackal. The jackal knew who had stolen the meat and who had conspired to do it. But though he knew everything, he tolerated it for a particular object. He had made a compact with the king at the time of his accepting the ministership, saying, 'Thou desirest my friendship, but thou shalt not, O monarch, mistrust me without cause.'