Vaishampayana said : Having said this, they came to the king to clasp his knees. But the king dared not caress them before Devayani.
वैशम्पायन उवाच इत्युक्त्वा सहितास्ते तु राजानमुपचक्रमुः। नाभ्यनन्दत तान् राजा देवयान्यास्तदान्तिके॥