Mahabharata 12.64.18

12.64.18

māndhātovāca |
asaṃśayaṃ bhagavannādidevaṃ drakṣyāmyahaṃ śirasāhaṃ prasādya |
tyaktvā bhogāndharmakāmo hyaraṇyamicche gantuṃ satpathaṃ lokajuṣṭam || 18 ||

"Mandhatri said, I bend my head for gratifying thee. Without doubt, however, I desire to see the first of gods. O divine Lord! Casting off all (earthly) desires, I wish to earn religious merit, and to lead the foremost mode of life, that path of the good, highly regarded by all. By exercising the high duties of a Kshatriya, I have earned many regions of inexhaustible merit in the other world, and I have also, through those duties, spread my fame. I do not, however, know how to discharge those duties, the foremost in the world, that have flowed from the first of gods.'