Sūta said: For many years she remained in the womb of her mother without being born. The father spoke to her even as she was within the womb. “Be born, quickly. Welfare unto thee. Why dost thou tarry.” Then the girl Gāndinī stationed within the womb replied to him—“O father, everyday you must give a cow to a brahmin. If you give thus for three years I will come out of the womb of my mother.”