स होवाच पितरं तत कस्मै मां दास्यसीति । द्वितीयं तृतीयं तँ होवाच मृत्यवे त्वा ददामीति ॥ ४॥

sa hovāca pitaraṃ tata kasmai māṃ dāsyasīti । dvitīyaṃ tṛtīyaṃ ta~ hovāca mṛtyave tvā dadāmīti ॥ 4॥

saḥ, = he, approached his father ; and uvāca ha = said; pitaram = to the father. Tāta = O father; kasmai = to whom, to which of the priests; mām dāsyasi = will you offer me, that is to say, offer me as a present? Though ignored by his father; dvitīyam trtīyam uvāca = he spoke even a second time and a third time. Incensed at the thought, "This one is not behaving like a mere boy!" uvāca ha = said, tam = to him, mṛtyave = to Death, dadāmi = I give away; tvā = you, iti = this much.