Whether in the deep ocean or in the region under the earth, I shall bring your Maithili like to an Asyatar* Here is an allusion. A prince of Daityas, named Hayagriva, stole the Vedas at the end of Kalpa; in the recovery of them he was slain by Vişnu after his descent as Matshya.
न्यस्ता सागरतोये वा पाताले वापि मैथिलीम्। आनयेयं तवादेशाच्छेतामश्वतरीमिव॥