Janamejaya said "For what reason did Agni, the Creator of all the worlds, disappear? How also was he found out by the celestials? Tell me all this fully."
जनमेजय उवाच किमर्थं भगवानग्निः प्रनष्टो लोकभावनः॥ विज्ञातश्च कथं देवैस्तन्ममाचक्ष्व तत्त्वतः।