The Great Epic of the Bhārata dynasty 13.95.5

13.95.5

atriruvāca |
naitasyeha yathāsmākaṃ kṣudhā vīryaṃ samāhatam |
kṛcchrādhītaṃ pranaṣṭaṃ ca tena pīvāñśunaḥsakhaḥ || 5 ||

"Atri said, 'This man does not, like us, feel the pangs of hunger. His energy has not sustained, like ours, any diminution. Acquired with the greatest difficulty, his Vedas have not, like ours, disappeared. Hence, it is that we see both him and his dog so well-developed.'