स हि तेपे तपस्तीव्र माण्डकर्णिमहामुनिः। दशवर्षसहस्राणि वायुभक्षो जलाशये॥
sa hi tepe tapastīvra māṇḍakarṇimahāmuniḥ| daśavarṣasahasrāṇi vāyubhakṣo jalāśaye||
English Meaning
In yonder tank, the mighty ascetic, living on air, performed signal austerities for ten thousand years.
— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)