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Devayani- with maid Sharmista
                    As the dowry, the King Vrishaparva gave away Princess Sharmista as a slave to Devayani. When Devayani went to Father' kingdom, Sharmista also accompanied her along with her maid friends. Now these friends became maidservants of Devayani. When a girl married a Kshatriya king, it was customary for all her girlfriends to go with her to her husband's house. A king would maintain not only his wife but also the many friends and maidservants of his wife. Some of these maidservants would become pregnant and give birth to children. Such children were accepted as children of the maidservants, and the king would maintain them. The female population is always greater than the male, but since a woman needs to be protected by a man, the king would maintain many girls, who acted either as friends or as maidservants of the queen. Then what happened it the turning point in the life of the King yayati..Read now.....Sivkishen, Author