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Chapter 1: Genealogical Table of the Daughters of Manu

Verse 19 of 60
SB 4.1.19

प्राणायामेन संयम्य मनो वर्षशतं मुनिः अतिष्ठदेकपादेन निर्द्वन्द्वो ऽनिलभोजनः

prāṇāyāmena saṁyamya mano varṣaśataṁ muniḥ atiṣṭhad ekapādena nirdvandvo 'nila-bhojanaḥ

Synonyms

prāṇāyāmenaby practice of the breathing exercise; saṁyamyacontrolling; manaḥmind; varṣa-śatamone hundred years; muniḥthe great sage; atiṣṭhatremained there; ekapādenastanding on one leg; nirdvandvaḥwithout duality; anilaair; bhojanaḥeating..

Translation

There the great sage concentrated his mind by the yoga breathing exercises, and thereby controlling all attachment, he remained standing on one leg only, eating nothing but air, and stood there on one leg for one hundred years.

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