By virtue of the boon granted to you by your father, the righteous Shantanu, your death, O powerful hero, depends on your own will. I myself have not that merit for which you have obtained this boons.
वरदानात् पितुः कामं छन्दमृत्युरसि प्रभो। शान्तनोधर्मनित्यस्य न त्वेतन्मम कारणम्॥