Agni was then performing asceticism and he became greatly aggrieved with that effulgence. That greatly powerful deity was greatly sorry, but he did not know what to do.
तपश्चरंस्तु हुतभुक् संतप्तस्तस्य तेजसा। भृशं ग्लानश्च तेजस्वी न च किंचित् प्रजज्ञिवान्॥