The king of the Videhas said, I have nothing, yet I live in great happiness. If the whole of Mithila be reduced to ashes nothing of mine will be burnt down.
सुसुखं बत जीवामि यस्य मे नास्ति किंचन। मिथिलायां प्रदीप्तायां न मे दह्यति किंचन॥