Before that best of men, Vichitravirya, had attained the majority, his father succumbed to the inevitable influence of Time.
अप्राप्तवति तस्मिंस्तु यौवनं पुरुषर्षभे। स राजा शान्तनुर्धीमान् कालधर्ममुपेयिवान्॥