Matsyapurana 20.36

20.36

naitadevaṃ kariṣyāmi punaḥ kvāpīha suvrate
spṛśāmi pādau satyena prasīda praṇatasya me //

The ant said "Dear! I mistook her for you as she resembled you so minutely and through this over sight I feasted her with sweets. This is however my first fault which you should forget and forgive. I shall never repeat such a blunder, I promise this sincerely, be pleased, I fall at your feet.”—35-36.