Vaishampayana said: Ghurnika speedily went to the palace of the Asura (chief). Finding the son of Kavi (Shukra), she spoke to his thus, her perception having been dimmed by anger. “O great Brahmana, O illustrious man, I tell you, Devayani had been ill-used by Sharmishtha, the daughter of Vrishaparva. Having heard that his daughter had been ill-used by Sharmishtha, he soon went to search for her with a heavy heart. And when he found her in the forest, the son of Kavi embraced her with affection and spoke to her with his voice choked with grief. “The weal and woe that befall on people is always due to their own faults. You had some fault, I am sure, which has been thus expiated."
वैशम्पायन उवाच सा तत्र त्वरितं गत्वा घूर्णिकासुरमन्दिरम्॥ दृष्ट्वा काव्यमुवाचेदं सम्भ्रमाविष्टचेतना। आचचक्षे महाप्राज्ञं देवयानी वने हताम्॥ शर्मिष्ठया महाभाग दुहित्रा वृषपर्वणः। श्रुत्वा दुहितरं काव्यस्तत्र शर्मिष्ठया हताम्॥ त्वरया निर्ययौ दुःखान्मार्गमाणः सुतां वने। दृष्ट्वा दुहितरं काव्यो देवयानीं ततो वने॥ बाहुभ्यां सम्परिष्वज्य दुःखितो वाक्यमब्रवीत्। आत्मदोषैर्नियच्छन्ति सर्वे दुःखसुखे जनाः॥ मन्ये दुश्चरितं तेऽस्ति यस्येयं निष्कृतिः कृता।