The Great Epic of the Bhārata dynasty 3.180.40

3.180.40

tamāgatamṛṣiṃ vṛddhaṃ bahuvarṣasahasriṇam |
ānarcurbrāhmaṇāḥ sarve kṛṣṇaśca saha pāṇḍavaiḥ || 40 ||

Vaisampayana said, 'O descendant of Bharata, while Krishna, the descendant of the Vrishnis and the virtuous king, were thus talking, there appeared then the saint Markandeya, grown grey in the practise of penances. And he had seen many thousand years of life, was of a pious soul, and devoted to great austerities. Signs of old age he had none; and deathless he was, and endued with beauty and generous and many good qualities. And he looked like one only twenty-five years old. And when the aged saint, who had seen many thousand years of life, came, all the Brahamanas paid their respects to him and so did Krishna together with Pandu's son. And when that wisest saint, thus honoured, took his seat in a friendly way, Krishna addressed him, in accordance with the views of the Brahmanas and of Pandu's sons, thus,--