He practised difficult austere penances; and feeding on air, remaining in fast and renouncing sleep forever, he roamed (over the world.)
चरन्दीक्षां महातेजा दुश्चरामकृतात्मभिः। वायुभक्षो निराहारः शुष्यन्ननिमिषो मुनिः॥