Yudhishthira said: May the Agni of the Brahmana whose firesticks are being carried away by that deer, be not destroyed. This the first boon that I crave.
युधिष्ठिर उवाच अरणीसहितं यस्य मृगो ह्यादाय गच्छति। तस्याग्नयो न लुप्येरन् प्रथमोऽस्तु वरो मम॥