"Regarding it is also cited the old story of the verses sung by Janaka, the king of the Videhas, who had so qualified himself as to obtain tranquillity of the soul.
भीष्म उवाच अत्राप्युदाहरन्तीममितिहासं पुरातनम्। गीतं विदेहराजेन जनकेन प्रशाम्यता॥