Mahabharata 1.37.7

1.37.7

taṃ sthāṇubhūtaṃ tiṣṭhantaṃ kṣutpipāsāśramāturaḥ |
punaḥ punarmṛgaṃ naṣṭaṃ papraccha pitaraṃ tava || 7 ||

"And Krisa answered, 'King Parikshit, the son of Abhimanyu, while hunting, had wounded a fleet stag with an arrow and chased it alone. And the king lost sight of the animal in that extensive wilderness. Seeing then thy sire, he immediately accosted him. Thy sire was then observing the vow of silence. Oppressed by hunger, thirst and labour, the prince again and again asked thy sire sitting motionless, about the missing deer. The sage, being under the vow of silence, returned no reply. The king thereupon placed the snake on thy sire's shoulder with the end of his bow. O Sringin, thy sire engaged in devotion is in the same posture still. And the king also hath gone to his capital which is named after the elephant!'