Governing all carnal desires, living sparingly upon fruits and roots, governing all his senses, he daily welcomed and entertained all that came to his hermitage as guests, offering them herbs and fruits which grew in abundance around. In this way he passed a very long time in that hermitage of his.
संकल्पनियमोपेतः फलाहारो जितेन्द्रियः। नित्यं संनिहिताभिस्तु ओषधीभिः फलैस्तथा॥ अतिथीन् पूजयामास यथावत् समुपागतान्। एवं हि सुमहान् कालो व्यत्यकामत तस्य वै॥