Forsaking luxurious food and all articles of enjoyment, you are now practising rigid penances for a long time. All this, O Janamejaya, is sure to appear wonderful to those kings who are sunk in sin.
हित्वा तु सुचिरं भक्ष्यं भोज्यांश्च तप आस्थितः। इत्येतदभिभूतानामद्भुतं जनमेजय॥