On account of the observance of such Yoga which was extremely difficult to bear, he became very much emaciated and his arteries and veins became swollen and visible. He was reduced to only skin and bones. We have heard that righteous person, while practising those austerities at Gaya, dropped down on the ground from sheer exhaustion.
सुदुर्वहं वहन् योगं कृशो धमनिसंततः। त्वगस्थिभूतो धर्मात्मा स पपातेति नः श्रुतम्॥