Mahabharata 12.219.2

12.219.2

śriyā vihīnamāsīnamakṣobhyamiva sāgaram |
bhavābhavajñaṃ bhūtānāmityuvāca puraṃdaraḥ || 2 ||

"Bhishma said, 'In this connection is also cited the old narrative of the discourse between him of a hundred sacrifices and the Asura Namuchi, O Yudhishthira. When the Asura Namuchi, who was conversant with the birth and the death of all creatures, was sitting, divested of prosperity but untroubled at heart like the vast ocean in perfect stillness, Purandara addressed him these: words, 'Fallen off from thy place, bound with cords, brought under the sway of thy foes, and divested of prosperity, dost thou, O Namuchi, indulge in grief or passest thou thy days cheerfully?'