Sharmishtha said: O lady of sweet smiles! all that I told you about the Rishi is quite true. My acts were according to the precepts of virtue and right.
शर्मिष्ठोवाच यदुक्तमृषिरित्येव तत् सत्यं चारुहासिनि। न्यायतो धर्मतश्चैव चरन्ती न बिभेमि ते॥