Chapter 63 — Bala Kanda, Sarga 63

Valmiki Ramayana — Bala Kanda

Verse 63.17

विप्रस्थितेषु देवेषु विश्वामित्रो महामुनिः॥ ऊर्ध्वबाहुनिरालम्बो वायुभक्षस्तपश्चरन्।

viprasthiteṣu deveṣu viśvāmitro mahāmuniḥ|| ūrdhvabāhunirālambo vāyubhakṣastapaścaran|

English Meaning

And when the celestials had gone, the mighty ascetic, Viśvāmitra, with upraised arms, and without any support, and subsisting on air, began to perform penances.

— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)