Mahabharata 3.134.23

3.134.23

aṣṭāvakra uvāca |
anena vai brāhmaṇāḥ śuśruvāṃso vāde jitvā salile majjitāḥ kila |
tāneva dharmānayamadya bandī prāpnotu gṛhyāpsu nimajjayainam || 23 ||

"Thereupon Ashtavakra said, 'Before this, this man, defeating the Brahmanas in controversy, used to cast them into water. Let Vandin today meet with the same fate. Seize him and drown him in water.' Vandin said. 'O Janaka, I am the son of king Varuna. Simultaneously with thy sacrifice, there also hath commenced a sacrifice extending over twelve years. It is for this that I have despatched the principal Brahmanas thither. They have gone to witness Varuna's sacrifice. Lo! there they are returning. I pay homage to the worshipful Ashtavakra, by whose grace to-day I shall join him who hath begot me.'