O king, the virtuous-minded Sahadeva also, seeing his troops afflicted with fear and encircled with flames, stood motionless as a mountain. Touching water and purifying himself, he thus spoke to Pavaka (fire).
सहदेवस्तु धर्मात्मा सैन्यं दृष्ट्वा भयादितम्। परीतमग्निना राजन् नाकम्पत यथाचलः। उपस्पृश्य शुचिर्भूत्वा सोऽब्रवीत् पावकं ततः॥