Janmajeya wanted to know about Devyani and what happened to her.
The sage continuing said :
One Devyani along with her friends and the pricess Sharmistha went for a bath in the river nearby. Taking their clothes off and keeping it on the banks, the women entered the waters and stared playing in the water. A wind blew suddenly, and all clothes on the bank were blown off. The girls realizing got off and wore what they could recognize as theirs. Sharmista and Devyani's clothes got mixed and they ended up wearing each other's clothes.
Devyani seeing Sharmista wearing her clothes got angry and said as a daughter of a lower caste (Devyani was the daughter of a priest, so considered herself higher than all) how dare she touched the clothes.
A quarrel ensued. Sharmistha said it was because of her father that Devyani and her father were alive. The quarrel took the form a fist between the two. Sharmisthain anger, pushed Devyani into a ditch and went away, not bothering to see whether Devyani was dead or alive.
Yayati, son of Nahusha, was around that area for hunting. Feeling thirsty, he and his courtiers started searching for water and found a lady fallen in a ditch.The courtiers reported back to the king that they had seen a deep ditch and had seen a beautiful woman stuck there.
The king coming there asked her, who she was. She said she was Devyani, daughter of Shukra and requested the king to get her out of the ditch. Taking the girl's right hand, the king pulled her out and went off to his land.
Coming out, Devyani told a friend that she was ashamed of being in the same land as Sharmitha, and did not want to go to her home. She asked the friend to inform her father.
Shukra hearing this came and saw his daughter, eyes full of tears, sitting in the forest. Shukra, when he heard all that had happened, told her to let go of her anger. Anger would destroy all, it would not give rise to any good.
Shukra went to Vrishaparva, the asura king, whose daughter, Sharmistha had pushed his daughter. Shukra said, because of the behavious of Sharmistha, he would leave the land and leave forever. Vrishaparva wasted no time and went to Devayani taking his daughter Sharmistha along. He begged forgiveness for his daughter. Devayani agreed to return on one condition that Sharmistha be her handmaiden for the rest of her life. Sharmistha agreed for the sake of her father.
The sage continuing said :
One Devyani along with her friends and the pricess Sharmistha went for a bath in the river nearby. Taking their clothes off and keeping it on the banks, the women entered the waters and stared playing in the water. A wind blew suddenly, and all clothes on the bank were blown off. The girls realizing got off and wore what they could recognize as theirs. Sharmista and Devyani's clothes got mixed and they ended up wearing each other's clothes.
Devyani seeing Sharmista wearing her clothes got angry and said as a daughter of a lower caste (Devyani was the daughter of a priest, so considered herself higher than all) how dare she touched the clothes.
A quarrel ensued. Sharmistha said it was because of her father that Devyani and her father were alive. The quarrel took the form a fist between the two. Sharmisthain anger, pushed Devyani into a ditch and went away, not bothering to see whether Devyani was dead or alive.
Yayati, son of Nahusha, was around that area for hunting. Feeling thirsty, he and his courtiers started searching for water and found a lady fallen in a ditch.The courtiers reported back to the king that they had seen a deep ditch and had seen a beautiful woman stuck there.
The king coming there asked her, who she was. She said she was Devyani, daughter of Shukra and requested the king to get her out of the ditch. Taking the girl's right hand, the king pulled her out and went off to his land.
Coming out, Devyani told a friend that she was ashamed of being in the same land as Sharmitha, and did not want to go to her home. She asked the friend to inform her father.
Shukra hearing this came and saw his daughter, eyes full of tears, sitting in the forest. Shukra, when he heard all that had happened, told her to let go of her anger. Anger would destroy all, it would not give rise to any good.
Shukra went to Vrishaparva, the asura king, whose daughter, Sharmistha had pushed his daughter. Shukra said, because of the behavious of Sharmistha, he would leave the land and leave forever. Vrishaparva wasted no time and went to Devayani taking his daughter Sharmistha along. He begged forgiveness for his daughter. Devayani agreed to return on one condition that Sharmistha be her handmaiden for the rest of her life. Sharmistha agreed for the sake of her father.
Devyani was a bi * ch - for the first time reading their story I thought they were friends ... But Devyani didn't bother to reconcile with Sharmistha. The worst thing is that Devyani was selfish and how she exalted herself (she showed that they were never friends). Devyani made her ex "friend" who was a princess, a servant. Devyani is terrible why she is a "goddess" at all ...
ReplyDeleteEven later, she did not allow Sharmisth a little love / comfort and kindness.
I am very sorry if I have offended someone or religion (culture). I was very anxious to believe that Devyani was good and deserved of her father's love and respect from people (but this is not true) ... I only wonder if these two could have reconciled? ? ?
If anyone reads this comment, I am kindly asking for some answer ... maybe someone know something more?
[I feel sorry for Sharmisth]