Puranic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Puranic Literature c9.4720

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The next confrontation of the monkey was with Vedavatī the daughter of Parjanya. Vedavatī was born to Parjanya by a celestial woman Ghṛtācī. Once while Vedavatī was playing in the forest, the monkey saw her. He addressed her Devavatī, intentionally mispronouncing her name. She replied, "Oh monkey. I am not Devavatī, I am Vedavatī." Instantly the monkey ran to her. Vedavatī quickly climbed on a hibiscus tree. The monkey kicked at the tree and broke it. Vedavatī held fast to a strong branch of the tree. The monkey took the branch and threw it on to the sea. Every movable and immovable thing in the world thought a tree was falling down from the sky. Seeing Vedavatī falling down, a Gandharva had once said that this damsel would become the chief wife of Indradyumna, the famous hero, the son of Manu the great King who has completed thousand yāgas (sacrifices)."