A wife from all that multitude,

Refused by all, they gave their love

In common to the Gods above.

Then from the sea still vext and wild

Rose Surá,[207] Varuṇ's maiden child.

A fitting match she sought to find:

But Diti's sons her love declined,

Their kinsmen of the rival brood

To the pure maid in honour sued.

Hence those who loved that nymph so fair