Once on a time, Janaka, the king of Videhas, questioned the great Rishi Panchashikha, who was the foremost of all persons conversant with the Vedas and who had all his doubts removed about the object and meaning of all duties.
वैदेहो जनको राजा महर्षि वेदवित्तमम्। पर्यपृच्छत् पञ्चशिखं छिन्नधर्मार्थसंशयम्॥