Yudhishthira obtained in Svayamvara for his wife Devika, the daughter of Govasana of the Shaivya race and he begot on her a son, named Yaudheya. Bhima also obtained for his wife Balandhara, the daughter of the king of Kashi, by offering as his dower his own great prowess. He begot on her a son, named Sarvaga.
युधिष्ठिरस्तु गोवासनस्य शैव्यस्य देविकां नाम कन्यां स्वयंवरे लेभे। तस्यां पुत्रं जनयामास यौधेयं नाम॥ भीमसेनोऽपि काश्यां बलन्धरां नामोपयेमे वीर्यशुल्काम्। तस्यां पुत्रं सर्वगं नामोत्यादयामास॥