The Great Epic of the Bhārata dynasty 1.68.68

1.68.68

tāsāṃ māṃ menakā nāma brahmayonirvarāpsarāḥ |
divaḥ saṃprāpya jagatīṃ viśvāmitrādajījanat || 68 ||

Descending from heaven on Earth, after intercourse with Viswamitra, she gave birth to me. That celebrated Apsara, Menaka, brought me forth in a valley of Himavat. Bereft of all affection, she went away, cast me there as if I were the child of somebody else. What sinful act did I do, of old, in some other life that I was in infancy cast away by my parents and at present am cast away by thee! Put away by thee, I am ready to return to the refuge of my father. But it behoveth thee not to cast off this child who is thy own.'