Devayani said: Prosperity to you? Be my friend and husband. I wait for your commands with my two thousand damsels and Sharmishtha, my maid-servant.
देवयान्युवाच द्वाभ्यां कन्यासहस्राभ्यां दास्या शर्मिष्ठया सह। त्वदधीनास्मि भद्रं ते सखा भर्ता च मे भव॥