The king thus passed full one thousand years. He passed thirty years, living on water only and observed the vow of silence with mind under complete control. He passed full one year in fasting, living on air alone and having no sleep. He passed another one year in the midst of four fires and the burning sun overhead. He stood for six months continually on one leg. (Having thus passed his life in austere penances), the king, (Yayati) the doer of sacred deeds, ascended heaven.
पूर्ण वर्षसहस्रं च एवंवृत्तिरभूनृपः। अब्भक्षः शरदस्त्रिंशदासीनियतवाङ्गनाः॥ ततश्च वायुभक्षोऽभूत् संवत्सरमतन्द्रितः। तथा पञ्चाग्निमध्ये च तपस्तेपे स वत्सरम्॥ एकपादः स्थितश्चासीत् षण्मासाननिलाशनः। पुण्यकीर्तिस्ततः स्वर्गे जगामावृत्य रोदसी॥