Like the ocean that never pass beyond its shore, Agni did not pass over his (Sahadeva). Agni quietly came to him, and he thus spoke to that descendant of the Kuru.
न चैनमत्यगाद् वह्निर्वेलामिव महोदधिः। तमुपेत्य शनैर्वह्निरुवाच कुरुनन्दनम्॥