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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam
[Canto 4, Ch. 1]
TEXT 18
तस्मिन् प्रधूनस्तवकपलाशाशोककानने वार्मिःस्रवद्धिरुद्धुष्टे निर्विन्ध्यायाः समन्ततः ।१
tasmin prasūna-stabaka- palāśāśoka-kānane vārbhiḥ sravadbhir udghuṣṭe nirvindhyāyāḥ samantataḥ
tasmin—in that; prasūna-stabaka—bunches of flowers; palāśa—palāśa trees; aśoka—aśoka trees; kānane—in the forest garden; vārbhiḥ—by the waters; sravadbhiḥ—flowing; udghuṣṭe—in sound; nirvindhyāyāḥ—of the river Nirvindhyā; samantataḥ—everywhere.
TRANSLATION
In that mountain valley flows a river named Nirvindhyā. On the bank of the river there are many aśoka trees and other plants full of palāśa flowers, and there is always the sweet sound of water falling from a waterfall. The husband and wife reached that beautiful place.
TEXT 19
प्राणायामेन संयम्य मनो वर्षशतं मुनिः । अतिष्ठदेकपादेन निर्द्धन्द्वोऽनिलमोजनः ॥१९॥
prāṇāyāmena saṁyamya mano varṣaśataṁ muniḥ atiṣṭhad ekapādena nirdvandvo 'nila-bhojanaḥ
prāṇāyāmena—by practice of the breathing exercise; saṁyamya—controlling; manaḥ—mind; varṣa-śatam—one hundred years; muniḥ—the great sage; atiṣṭhat—remained there; ekapādena—standing on one leg; nirdvandvaḥ—without duality; anila—air; bhojanaḥ—eating.
TRANSLATION
There the great sage concentrated his mind by the yoga breathing exercises, and thereby controlling all attachment, he remained standing