Enduring cold, wind, and heat, as also hunger and thirst and toil, I shall emaciate my body by penances as sanctioned by the scriptures. I shall daily listen to the clear notes of happy birds and animals living in the forest, which please the heart and the ear.
शीतवातातपसहः क्षुत्पिपासाश्रमक्षमः। तपसा विधिदृष्टेन शरीरमुपशोषयन्॥ मनःकर्णसुखा नित्यं शृण्वन्नुच्चावचा गिरः। मुदितानामरण्येषु वसतां मृगपक्षिणाम्॥