One day, in the month of Jyaishtha, while the Sun was in the meridian, the Brahman was engaged, in picking up grains of corn. Afflicted by heat and hunger, he was practicing this penance.
उच्छं तदा शुक्लपक्षे मध्यं तपति भास्करे। उष्णार्तश्च क्षुधार्तश्च विप्रस्तपसि संस्थितः॥