vilokya - by seeing; auśanasīm - Devayānī, the daughter of Śukrācārya; rājan - O King Parīkṣit; śarmiṣṭhā - the daughter of Vṛṣaparvā; su-prajām - possessing nice children; kvacit - at some time; tam - him (King Yayāti); eva - indeed; vavre - requested; rahasi - in a secluded place; sakhyāḥ - of her friend; patim - the husband; ṛtau - at the appropriate time; satī - being in that position.

O King Parīkṣit, upon seeing Devayānī with a nice son, Śarmiṣṭhā once approached King Yayāti at the appropriate time for conception. In a secluded place, she requested the King, the husband of her friend Devayānī, to enable her to have a son also.