Sahadeva said O Pavaka, O Krishnavartman, (having) smoke for marking your track, I bow to you. You are the mouth of the celestials; you are the sacrifice itself.
सहदेव उवाच त्वदर्थोऽयं समारम्भः कृष्णवर्त्मन् नमोऽस्तु ते। मुखं त्वमसि देवानां यज्ञस्त्वमसि पावक॥