The Great Epic of the Bhārata dynasty 3.180.17

3.180.17

nahuṣastu jñānameva puruṣārtha iti matvā 'na cānyadapi kāmaye' iti svasya jñānādanyatra vairāgyapradarśanakāmaḥ praśnameva vṛṇoti praśnāniti ||

Nahuṣa, however, thinking that knowledge alone is the goal of human life, and wishing to demonstrate his dispassion toward anything other than knowledge with the words 'nor do I desire anything else', chooses only questions, [as indicated by the word] 'questions' (praśnān).