Then Brahma addressed him that I see a mcans by which you may consume Khandava today even before the very sight of the husband of Sachi (Indra).
अब्रवीच्च तदा ब्रह्मा यथा त्वं धक्ष्यसेऽनल। खाण्डवं दावमद्यैव मिषतोऽस्य शचीपतेः॥