In the third (month) at the interval of a fortnight. When the fourth month came, that foremost of the Bharata race. That mightyarmed son of Pandu lived (simply) on air, with his arms upraised and with nothing to lean upon, standing only on the tips of his toes.
तृतीयमपि मासं स पक्षणाहारमाचरन्। चतुर्थे त्वथ सम्प्राप्ते मासे भरतसत्तमः॥ वायुभक्षो महाबाहुरभवत् पाण्डुनन्दनः। ऊर्ध्वबाहुर्निरालम्बः पादाङ्गुष्ठाचविष्ठितः॥