Formerly there was a king of Mithila, of the name of Dharmadhyaja, of Janaka's race. He was given to the religion of Renunciation,
संन्यासफलिकः कश्चिद् बभूव नृपतिः पुरा। मैथिलो जनको नाम धर्मध्वज इति श्रुतः॥