Sarisrikka said: O smoke-banned deity, we cannot see our mother; we know not our father. Our feathers have not grown as yet. We have no one except you who can protect us. We are infants, therefore, O Agni protect us.
सारिसृक्क उवाच माता प्रणष्टा पितरं न विद्यः पक्षा जाता नैव नो धूमकेतो। स्तस्मादस्मांस्त्राहि बालांस्त्वमग्ने॥