O foremost of Bharatas, the king is great emaciated with fasts. He is gifted with the force of a Brahmana, but he is not endued with Kshatriya prowess.
उपवासकृशो राजा भृशं भरतसत्तमः। ब्राह्मे बले स्थितो ह्येष न क्षात्रे हि बले विभुः॥