They were Amba, Ambika, and Ambalika and all the rulers of the earth were invited, O foremost of the Bharatas. Amba was the elder among them, Ambika the second,
अम्बां चैवाम्बिकां चैव तथैवाम्बालिकामपि॥ राजानश्च समाहूताः पृथिव्यां भरतर्षभ। अम्बा ज्येष्ठाभवत् तासामम्बिकात्वथ मध्यमा॥