This person had lived upon fruit and roots and upon the fallen leaves of trees. He had sometimes lived upon water, and sometimes upon air alone, passing his devas with concentrated soul.
एष मूलफलाहारः शीर्णपर्णाशनस्तथा। अभक्षो वायुभक्षश्च आसीद् विप्रः समाहितः॥