Thereupon he determined upon performing a hard penance. He considered asceticism as the best of all and regarded all other things as mere illusions.
तस्य बुद्धिः समुत्पन्ना तपः कुर्यामनुत्तमम्। तपो हि परमं श्रेयः संमोहमितरत्सुखम्॥