Even in the presence of Uttanka, he sorrowfully asked his ministers the particulars of his father's going to heaven (death).
अपृच्छत्स तदा राजा मन्त्रिणस्तान्सुदुःखितः। उत्तङ्कस्यैव सान्निध्ये पितुः स्वर्गगति प्रति॥