ग्रीष्मे पञ्चतपा वीरो वर्षास्वासारषाण्मुनि: । आकण्ठमग्न: शिशिरे उदके स्थण्डिलेशय: ॥ ६ ॥
grisme panca-tapa viro varsasv asarasan munih akantha-magnah sisire udake sthandile-sayah
- grisme
- in the summer season
- panca-tapah
- five kinds of heating
- virah
- the hero
- varsasu
- in the rainy season
- asarasat
- being situated within the torrents of rain
- munih
- like the great sages
- akantha
- up to the neck
- magnah
- drowned
- sisire
- in winter
- udake
- within water
- sthandile-sayah
- lying down on the floor.
Following the principles of forest living and the footsteps of the great sages and munis, Prthu Maharaja accepted five kinds of heating processes during the summer season, exposed himself to torrents of rain in the rainy season and, in the winter, stood in water up to his neck. He also used to simply lie down on the floor to sleep.