The Great Epic of the Bhārata dynasty 1.223.9

1.223.9

sārisṛkva uvāca |
mātā prapannā pitaraṃ na vidmaḥ pakṣāśca no na prajātābjaketo |
na nastrātā vidyate'gne tvadanyastasmāddhi naḥ parirakṣaikavīra || 9 ||

"Sarisrikka said, 'O smoke-bannered god, our mother is not to be seen, and we know not our father! Our feathers have not grown as yet. We have none to protect us save thee. Therefore, O Agni, infants that we are protect us! O Agni, as we are distressed, protect us with that auspicious form thou hast and with those seven flames of thine! We seek protection at thy hands. Thou alone, O Agni, art the giver of heat (in the universe). O lord, there is none else (save thee) that giveth heat to the rays of the sun. O, protect us who are young and who are Rishis. O Havyavaha (carrier of sacrificial butter), be pleased to go hence by some other route.'