consort to serve Thus addressed by the Rishi, the king and the queen became filled with delight, O Bharata, and answered him, saying-Be it so, O Rishi.
एवमुक्ते तदा तेन दम्पती तौ जहर्षतुः। प्रत्यब्रूतां च तमृषिमेवमस्त्विति भारत॥