Devayani said : I desire to have Sharmishtha as my maidservant one thousand other damsels. She must also follow me to the house of him on whom my father will bestow me.
देवयान्युवाच दासी कन्यासहस्रेण शर्मिष्ठामभिकामये। अनु मां तत्र गच्छेत् सा यत्र दद्याच मे पिता॥