Seeing his city burning in a fire, their own ancestor Janaka, the king of Mithila himself proclaimed-'In this fire nothing of mine is burning.'
भीष्म उवाच अपि च भवति मैथिलेन गीतं नगरमुपाहितमग्निनाभिवीक्ष्य। न खलु मम हि दह्यतेऽत्र किंचित् स्वयमिदमाह किल स्म भूमिपालः॥