तपश्चरञ्छान्तमतिर्दान्तः कन्दरमन्दिरे ।स्वयं शीर्णानि शुष्काणि तत्र पर्णान्यभक्षयत्
In plain words
Practising tapas in his cave-dwelling, his mind stilled, his senses restrained, he ate there the dry leaves that had withered and fallen of themselves.