And forsaking kingdom, and dignity, and the many and various enjoyments, Bharata practising asceticism and restraining himself in respect of food, in this winter lie down on the bare earth.
त्यक्त्वा राज्यं च मानं च भोगांश्च विविधान् बहून्। तपस्वी नियताहारः शेते शीते महीतले॥