Verse 24

²⁴When the hero king had gone, she stayed there weeping, and then told her father the whole of it, all that Sarmistha had said and done. ²⁵The revered Kavya, sore in his mind, spoke against the office of priest and praised the life of the pigeon, and he went out of the city with his daughter. ²⁶Vrsaparvan understood that he meant to go over to the other side, and, working to soften his teacher, fell with his head at his feet there on the road. ²⁷The revered Bhargava, whose anger lasted half a moment, said to his pupil: Let what she wants be done, king. I have not the heart to leave her here. ²⁸When it had been settled with a So be it, Devayani said what was in her mind: My father has given me away, and wherever I go, let her come after me with her people.

²⁹Seeing the strait her own people were in, and how much hung on it, she waited on Devayani herself like a slave, with a thousand women to serve her as well. ³⁰Usanas gave his daughter to Nahusa's son, and Sarmistha with her, and said to him: King, never take Sarmistha to your bed.