Devayani stands apart as a woman who weaponizes her father’s spiritual power to enforce romantic terms.

Here is where the parallel sharpens. While Devayani is busy managing her household, Yayati secretly visits Sharmishtha—the very woman who humiliated Devayani. In a secluded grove, Yayati seduces Sharmishtha, and she bears him a son.

You see the Devayani-Manthra template in modern films:

"You have defiled my home with my enemy's womb! I gave you a kingdom, and you repay me with deceit."