And on a thousand years having been numbered, he by turns observed the rules relative to each term; (at first) living on water, (then) on air, and (last) going absolutely without any food. Thus passed away a thousand years like one.
पूर्णे वर्षसहस्रान्ते तं तं विधिमकल्पयत्। जलाशी मारुताहारो निराहारस्तथैव च। एवं वर्षसहस्राणि जग्मुस्तान्येकवर्षवत्॥