Governing speech, they remained immovable, engaged in contemplation. Having abstained from food, they lived upon air alone, and remained thus for a thousand divine years.
तेऽतिष्ठन् ध्यानमालम्ब्य मौनमास्थाय निश्चलाः। त्यक्तहाराः पवनपा दिव्यं वर्षशतं द्विजाः॥