Shloka 246
Baka Dālbhya at Avakīrṇa-tīrtha: Rāṣṭra-kṣaya and Release through Prasāda (Śalya-parva, Adhyāya 40)
तथा स्थण्डिलशायी च ये चान्ये नियमा: पृथक् । वे कभी जल पीकर रहते, कभी वायुको ही आहार बनाते और कभी पत्ते चबाकर रहते थे। सदा भूमिकी वेदी बनाकर उसपर सोते और तपस्यासम्बन्धी जो अन्य सारे नियम हैं उनका भी पृथक्-पृथक् पालन करते थे
tathā sthaṇḍilaśāyī ca ye cānye niyamāḥ pṛthak |
Vaiśaṃpāyana said: “Likewise, they slept upon the bare ground, and they also observed, each in its own distinct form, the other disciplines of austerity. At times they lived by drinking only water; at times they took the air itself as food; and at times they subsisted by chewing leaves. Ever making an earthen altar upon the ground, they slept upon it, and they separately observed all the other rules pertaining to tapas.”
वैशग्पायन उवाच