Bhishma said Jajali had practised penances of the severest austerities. He used to perform ablutions morning and cvening.
भीष्म उवाच अतीव तपसा युक्तो घोरेण स बभूव ह। तथोपस्पर्शनरतः सायं प्रातर्महातपाः॥