Bhishma said Having satisfied his preceptor's command, Vipula practised the most severe penances. Gifted with great energy, he at last regarded himself as endued with sufficient ascetic merit.
भीष्म उवाच विपुलस्त्वकरोत् तीव्र तपः कृत्वा गुरोर्वचः। तपोयुक्तमथात्मानममन्यत स वीर्यवान्॥