All dissuaded him from installing Devapi; and that ruler of men, having heard of the exclusion of his elder son from the installation, had his voice choked with tears and became sorrowful for his son.
सर्वे निवारयामासुर्देवापेरभिषेचनम्। स तच्छ्रुत्वा तु नृपतिरभिषेकनिवारणम्। अश्रुकण्ठोऽभवद् राजा पर्यशोचत चात्मजम्॥