एषा वेदवती नाम पूर्वमासीत्कृते युगे। त्रेतायुगमनुप्राप्य वधार्थं तस्य राक्षसः। उत्पन्ना मैथिलकुले जनकस्य महात्मनः। सीतोत्पन्ना तु सीतेति मानुषेः पुनरुच्यते॥
eṣā vedavatī nāma pūrvamāsītkṛte yuge| tretāyugamanuprāpya vadhārthaṃ tasya rākṣasaḥ| utpannā maithilakule janakasya mahātmanaḥ| sītotpannā tu sīteti mānuṣeḥ punarucyate||
English Meaning
This one named Vedavatſ was born in the Kệta age; and in the Tretā age, for compassing the destruction of that Rākşasa, she was born in the Maithila line of the high-souled Janaka.
— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)