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Vrishaparva wasted no time and went to Devayani taking his daughter Sharmishtha along. Sukracharya left the decision with his daughter Devayani. Failing to change her mind, Sukracharya returned to Vrishaparva and announced that he was leaving the Asura kingdom because of his daughter Devayani's unhappy conflict with princess Sharmishtha. She refused to return to the kingdom of Vrishaparva as she was badly insulted by the Asura princess, Sharmishtha. When Sukracharya inquired, Devayani told her father every thing, carefully hiding her own faults. He found Devayani under a tree, her eyes filled with tears of anger and grief. When she did not return, Sukracharya set out in search of her. Yayati then left and Devayani continued to sit under a tree. Yayati was alarmed and turned down her request on the ground that he belonged to lower Khatriya (or warrior) caste, and Devayani was a Brahmin (priestly) maid. Devayani demanded that Yayati marry her as he has held her by the right hand. She then requested the king to pull her out. Devayani introduced herself and said that she fell into the well. When he came near the well he was surprised to find Devayani lying at the bottom. It so happened that Yayati, the king of a nearby state, came hunting in the forest and was looking for water to drink. Argument began and Sharmishtha pushed Devayani into a dry well and left Devayani in the well. Angered by this, Devayani insulted Sharmishtha, the Asura princess. It so happened that the princess Sharmishtha, by mistake, clad herself in Devayani's clothes. The girls hurriedly came out of the lake and got dressed. Suddenly a storm blew up and scattered their clothes. They soon reached the lake and left their clothes on the bank to go into the water. She asked Sukracharya to allow Devayani to accompany them for a bath in a nearby lake. One morning, Sharmishtha, the Asura princess, daughter of Vrishaparva, came to Sukracharya's hermitage with her friends. Devayani was Sukracharya's only daughter and spoiled by her father's indulgence. The Asura king Vrishaparva greatly respected Sukracharya as he knew the secret of Mritasanjibani, a drug that brings the dead back to life. Sukracharya was the preceptor of Asuras (demons). This story, from the Mahabharata, conveys the timeless message of self control and restraint.