Agni said Let this king of the Gandharvas go there as your messenger, O Vasava, for I am afraid to go there myself, Know, O Shakra, that highly enraged Samvarta, addicted to ascetic practices, told me these words in anger, 'I shall burn you with my fierce evil eyes if you on any account come again here to present Brihaspati to king Marutta.'
अग्नि उवाच गन्धर्वराड् यात्वयं तत्र दूतो बिभेम्यहं वासव तत्र गन्तुम्। संरब्धो मामब्रवीत् तीक्ष्णरोषः संवर्तो वाक्यं चरितब्रह्मचर्यः॥ यद्यागच्छः पुनरेवं कथंचिद् बृहस्पतिं परिदातुं मरुत्ते। दहेयं त्वां चक्षुषा दारुणेन संक्रुद्ध इत्येतदवैहि शक्र॥