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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam
[Canto 4, Ch. 8]
TEXT 74
वृत्तीयं चानयन्मासं नवमे नवमेऽहनि ।  
 अन्मक्ष उत्तमश्लोकप्रपाधावत्समाधिना ॥७४॥
tṛtīyam cānayan māsam 
    navame navame'hani 
    abbhakṣa uttamaślokam 
    upādhāvat samādhinā
tṛtīyam—the third month; ca—also; ānayan—passing; māsam—one month; navame navame—on each ninth; ahani—on the day; abbhakṣaḥ—drinking water only; uttamaślokam—the Supreme Personality of Godhead, who is worshiped by selected verses; upādhāvat—worshiped; samādhinā—in trance.
TRANSLATION
On the third month he drank water only every nine days. Thus he remained completely in trance and worshiped the Supreme Personality of Godhead, who is adored by selected verses.
TEXT 75
चतुर्थमपि वै मासं द्वादशे द्वादशेऽहनि ।  
 वायुमक्षो जितश्वासो ध्यायन्देवमधारयत् ॥७५॥
caturtham api vai māsam 
    dvādaśe dvādaśe'hani 
    vāyu-bhakṣo jita-śvāso 
    dhyāyan devam adhārayat
caturtham—fourth; api—also; vai—in that way; māsam—the month; dvādaśe dvādaśe—on the twelfth; ahani—day; vāyu—air; bhakṣaḥ—eating; jita-śvāsaḥ—controlling the breathing process; dhyāyan—meditating; devam—the Supreme Lord; adhārayat—worshiped.
TRANSLATION
In the fourth month Dhruva Mahārāja became a complete master of the breathing exercise, and thus he inhaled air only every twelfth day. In this way he became completely fixed in his position and worshiped the Supreme Personality of Godhead.