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)