That freed the God of Gods from foes,
Stored by our great forefathers lay
A treasure and a pride for aye.
Once, as it chanced, I ploughed the ground,
When sudden, 'neath the share was found
An infant springing from the earth,
Named Sítá from her secret birth.[246]
In strength and grace the maiden grew,
My cherished daughter, fair to view.
I vowed her, of no mortal birth,