Janamejaya said O exalted one, O Brahmana, why was it that the deity Agni became hostile in battle to Sahadeva who fighting for the accomplishment of a sacrifice?
जनमेजय उवाच किमर्थं भगवान् वह्निः प्रत्यमित्रोऽभवद् युधि। सहदेवस्य यज्ञार्थं घटमानस्य वै द्विज॥