Thereupon, O Bharata! Sunanda, seeing her (Damayanti) conversing in private with a Brahmana and weeping most bitterly, was hard pressed with sorrow and informed her mother, saying: 'Sairindhri is most bitterly lamenting. Know this, if should you like.'
रुदतीं तामथो दृष्ट्वा सुनन्दा शोककर्शिता। सुदेवेन सहैकान्ते कथयन्तीं च भारत॥ जनित्र्यै कथयामास सैरन्ध्री रोदितीति च। ब्राह्मणेन सहागम्य तां वेद यदि मन्यसे॥