As his son was killed, the (sacrificial) fire, which used to welcome him every day, did not come that day to welcome him.
तं स्म दृष्टवा सर्वे प्रत्युत्तिष्ठन्ति पावकाः। न त्वेनमुपतिष्ठन्ति हतपुत्रं तदाग्नथः॥