अथ वर्षसहस्रं च नोच्छ्वसन् मुनिपुङ्गवः। तस्यानुच्छ्वसमानस्य मूर्ध्नि धूमो व्यजायत॥
atha varṣasahasraṃ ca nocchvasan munipuṅgavaḥ| tasyānucchvasamānasya mūrdhni dhūmo vyajāyata||
English Meaning
And that puissant ascetic did not breathe for a you sand years. And as he restrained his breath, vapours began to issue out of his head.
— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)