Being overwhelmed with sorrow that old Brāhmaṇa again and again remonstrated with the king in these 'piteous words and afterwards covered the dead body (of his son.)
एवं बहुविधैर्वाक्यैरुपरुध्य मुहुर्मुहुः। राजानं दुःखसंतप्तः सुतं तमुपगृहति॥