[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Indian literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in) › [Epic, Poetry, Drama & Narrative](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit) › [The Mahābhārata and its versions](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata) › [The Great Epic of the Bhārata dynasty](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa) › 1.76.8 # The Great Epic of the Bhārata dynasty 1.76.8 Mahābhārata 1.76.8 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [1.76.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa.1.76.8) devayānyuvāca | ākhyāsyāmyahamādatsva vacanaṃ me narādhipa | śukro nāmāsuraguruḥ sutāṃ jānīhi tasya mām || 8 || > "And Yayati seeing all this, said, 'O amiable ones, I would ask you both your names and parentage. It seems that these two thousand maids wait on you two.' 'Hearing the monarch, Devayani then answered, 'Listen to me, O best of men. Know that I am the daughter of Sukra, the spiritual guide of the Asuras. This my companion is my waiting-maid. She attendeth on me wherever I go. She is Sarmishtha, the daughter of the Asura king Vrishaparvan.' > — Kisari Mohan Ganguli 1883, The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa - [Previous: 1.76.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa.1.76.7) - [Next: 1.76.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa.1.76.9) - [Up: 1.76](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa.1.76) ## Translations (1) - [The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa~en-ganguli.1.81.3) — Kisari Mohan Ganguli 1883, English ## Other recensions (2) - [Southern recension](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa*southern.1.75.11) — Sanskrit - [Vulgate (Nīlakaṇṭha's text)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa*vulgate.1.81.9) — Sanskrit ## Linked texts (1) - [Matsyapurāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.matsya.30.9) — Vyāsa, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa.1.76.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa.1.76.8) · Pramāṇa