SB 4.1.19

Srimad-Bhagavatam - Fourth Canto - Chapter 1: Genealogical Table of the Daughters of Manu

SB 4.1.18 - SB 4.1.20

His Divine Grace
A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada

TEXT 19

prāṇāyāmena saṁyamya

mano varṣa-śataṁ muniḥ

atiṣṭhad eka-pādena

nirdvandvo 'nila-bhojanaḥ

SYNONYMS

prāṇāyāmena—by practice of the breathing exercise; saṁyamya—controlling; manaḥ—mind; varṣa-śatam—one hundred years; muniḥ—the great sage; atiṣṭhat—remained there; eka-pādena—standing on one leg; nirdvandvaḥ—without duality; anila—air; bhojanaḥ—eating.

TRANSLATION

There the great sage concentrated his mind by the yogic 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.

SB 4.1.18 - SB 4.1.20