Then the illustrious Vashishtha in especial, of rigid vows, addressing him, said, Hear, O Rama, how gold, which is effulgent like fire, first came into being .
ततोऽब्रवीद् वसिष्ठस्तं भगवान् संशितव्रतः। शृणु राम यथोत्पन्नं सुवर्णमनलप्रभम्॥