He said, "Is there anything that I can do for you, O man?" Shirvan said, "I am dying. I have only one desire, and that is to give my parents this water; they are thirsty in the heat of the sun." "That is all?" the Raja asked. "I will do it with great pleasure as my first duty." Shirvan said, "If you wish to do anything more then look after them and see that they are carried to Kashi, although I doubt whether they will live any longer after I am gone."