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  "name":"SB 4.1.19",
  "h1":"SB 4.1.19",
  "label":"Text 19",
  "title":"Śrīmad Bhāgavatam 4.1.19",
  "description":"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 4.1.19

प्राणायामेन संयम्य मनो वर्षशतं मुनिः ।
अतिष्ठदेकपादेन निर्द्वन्द्वोऽनिलभोजनः ॥१९॥

Text

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.