स होवाच पितरं तत कस्मै मां दास्यसीति ।द्वितीयं तृतीयं तꣳहोवाच मृत्यवे त्वा ददामीति ॥ ४ ॥
In plain words
He said to his father: 'Father, to whom will you give me?' A second time, and a third time [he asked]. To him [the father] said: 'To Death I give you.'