And they asked that best of kings and foremost of wise men to kill deer to perform their Shraddha; and the King, thinking that the command of his ancestors should not be disobeyed,
तं राजसत्तमं प्रीतास्तदा मतिमतांवर। स पितॄणां नियोगं तमनतिक्रम्य पार्थिवः॥