The legend goes on to say that Vedvatee was the brainchild of a sage called Kushdhwaj, and he decided to give her only to Bhagvaan Vishnu in marriage. But it remained an unfulfilled desire in his lifetime. Then Vedvatee started a rigorous penance to achieve her father's wish. When she was at the culmination point of her penance, Raavan saw this beautiful lady passing that way from skyway. He came to her, and disturbed her penance. Vedvatee coming out of her meditation cursed Raavan saying that she would reincarnate herself to destroy Raavan and his entire dynasty. Then she caused a Yogic fire and immolated herself. Raavan took this as prattle by a woman-hermit, dismissed that curse, and conveniently forgot it.

Later, Raavan, being an ardent devotee of Bhagvaan Shiv, one day entered a lake to get lotuses for his daily worship of Shiv Jee, found a baby girl in a lotus flower among other lotuses. He brought that lotus and the baby to his palace in all his fondness for children. But his empress Mandodaree doubted the arrival of this baby like this in lotus and recognized that baby as Devee Lakshmee. They consulted their teachers about that baby's arrival. Those teachers, priests and Pandit advised them to get rid of that baby immediately, for she was Vedvatee. And she arrived there only to end Raavan and his dynasty. Then Mandodaree ordered her servants to carry away that baby in a casket, and bury it.

Empress Mandodaree further cursed that girl saying: "this faithless girl [for wealth is not faithful to anybody, and this girl was recognized as Devee Lakshmee - presiding deity of Wealth] will thrive only in a house, where the householder has his senses conquered, and who being an emperor lives like a perfect hermit, and who, though wealthy and supreme by himself, will care nothing for the riches but view whole of the world and people as his own soul, with an impartial attitude..."

Mandodaree thought that such a person was impossible to take birth in this mortal world, and thus presumed this curse would work. But there was a King Janak (Seeradhwaj of Mithilaa) who had all these attributes. A king without ego, wealthy one, living simple, childless but yet does not crave for children like King Dasharath. Hence, he was called Raajarshi, a saintly king. While King Janak was about to perform a Vedic ritual - he had to till some piece of land as a ceremonial act to commence that ritual. Then this casket with the baby is touched by the tip of the end of plough-beam and that plough halted. The attendants dug up that area only to find that casket with baby. The childless Janak took the baby into his arms and named her as 'Seetaa...' where Seetaa in Sanskrit means 'furrow' [this is as per Aanand Raamaayan]. Thus, Devee Lakshmee became Vedvatee and Vedvatee became Seetaa of Raamaayan.

Some Issues About Seetaa