Verse 18

नृपोऽवधीरयामास तां तां श्वपचसंकथाम् ।वृक्षाग्रगतमार्जारफेत्कारं मृगराडिव

In plain words

The king dismissed each and every bit of this talk about the śvapaca, as a lion disdains the hissing of a cat crouched at a treetop.