पित्रादत्तादेवयान्यै शर्मिष्ठासानुगातदा । स्वानां तत् सङ्कटं वीक्ष्य तदर्थस्य च गौरवम् । देवयानीं पर्यचरत् स्त्रीसहस्रेण दासवत् ॥ २९ ॥
pitra datta devayanyai sarmistha sanuga tada svanam tat sankatam viksya tad-arthasya ca gauravam devayanim paryacarat stri-sahasrena dasavat
- pitra
- by the father
- datta
- given
- devayanyai
- unto Devayani, the daughter of Sukracarya
- sarmistha
- the daughter of Vrsaparva
- sa-anuga
- with her friends
- tada
- at that time
- svanam
- of his own
- tat
- that
- sankatam
- dangerous position
- viksya
- observing
- tat
- from him
- arthasya
- of the benefit
- ca
- also
- gauravam
- the greatness
- devayanim
- unto Devayani
- paryacarat
- served
- stri-sahasrena
- with thousands of other women
- dasa-vat
- acting as a slave
Vrsaparva wisely thought that Sukracarya’s displeasure would bring danger and that his pleasure would bring material gain. Therefore he carried out Sukracarya’s order and served him like a slave. He gave his daughter Sarmistha to Devayani, and Sarmistha served Devayani like a slave, along with thousands of other women.