सारिसृक्व उवाच
माता प्रपन्ना पितरं न विद्मः; पक्षाश् च नो न प्रजाताब्जकेतो ॥
न नस् त्राता विद्यते ऽग्ने त्वद् अन्यस्; तस्माद् धि नः परिरक्षैकवीर ॥
यद् अग्ने ते शिवं रूपं ये च ते सप्त हेतयः ॥
तेन नः परिरक्षाद्य ईडितः शरणैषिणः ॥
त्वम् एवैकस् तपसे जातवेदो; नान्यस् तप्ता विद्यते गोषु देव ॥
ऋषीन् अस्मान् बालकान् पालयस्व; परेणास्मान् प्रैहि वै हव्यवाह ॥
sārisṛkva uvāca
mātā prapannā pitaraṃ na vidmaḥ; pakṣāś ca no na prajātābjaketo ||
na nas trātā vidyate 'gne tvad anyas; tasmād dhi naḥ parirakṣaikavīra ||
yad agne te śivaṃ rūpaṃ ye ca te sapta hetayaḥ ||
tena naḥ parirakṣādya īḍitaḥ śaraṇaiṣiṇaḥ ||
tvam evaikas tapase jātavedo; nānyas taptā vidyate goṣu deva ||
ṛṣīn asmān bālakān pālayasva; pareṇāsmān praihi vai havyavāha ||
Sarisrikva said: "Our mother has gone to father -- we know not where; and our wings have not yet grown, O lotus-bannered one; we have no savior, Agni, other than you; therefore protect us, O sole hero; by that auspicious form of yours and by those seven flames of yours protect us now, O praised one, us who seek refuge; you alone, O Jatavedas, have power to burn; there is no other burner among the rays, O god; protect us, though we are but child-rishis; pass us by, O bearer of oblations."
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Here the defenseless surrender themselves wholly to the protection of the god. The words are significant: "we have no savior other than you" -- stripped of every support, the children turn to the one refuge. This is pure shelter-seeking (sharanagati): whoever, abandoning all other hope, surrenders to the Lord, is saved. Thus scripture reveals a prayer for refuge -- and self-surrender is the surest path to salvation.