Vaishampayana said : O descendant of the Bharata race, when Devayani heard of the birth of this boy, she ! became very sorry and Sharmishtha became an object of her sad reflections. Going to Sharmishtha, Devayani thus spoke to her.
वैशम्पायन उवाच श्रुत्वा कुमारं जातं तु देवयानी शुचिस्मिता। चिन्तयामास दुःखार्ता शर्मिष्ठां प्रति भारत॥ अभिगम्य च शर्मिष्ठा देवयान्यब्रवीदिदम्।