Prajapati, hungry Agni and the first offering

Alone in the beginning, Prajapati produces Agni from his mouth, which is why fire eats. With no plants or trees on the bald earth, the new-born fire turns open-mouthed on its maker. Terrified, he rubs his palms, which is why they are hairless, and gets a milk offering. The first, mixed with hair, he pours out and it becomes the plants; the second he hesitates over until his own greatness says offer it, and he does so with svaha. Sun and wind arise and Agni turns away: by the offering Prajapati saved himself from Agni, Death. Later Agni, Vayu and Surya ask him who gets the first milk offering and he awards it to Agni.