Text 28]
The Structure of the Universe
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TEXT 27
तदर्षपुरुषा ऋतत्रतसत्यत्रतदानत्रतानुत्रतनामानो भगवन्तं वाय्वात्मकं प्राणायामविधूतरजस्तमसः परमसमाधिना यजन्ते ॥२७॥
tad-varṣa-puruṣā ṛtavrata-satyavrata-dānavratānuvrata-nāmāno bhagavantaṁ vāyv-ātmakaṁ prāṇāyāma-vidhūta-rajas-tamasaḥ parama-samādhinā yajante.
tat-varṣa-puruṣāḥ—the inhabitants of those tracts of land; ṛta- vrata—Ṛtavrata; satya-vrata—Satyavrata; dāna-vrata—Dānavrata; anuvrata—Anuvrata; nāmānaḥ—having the four names; bhagavan- tam—the Supreme Personality of Godhead; vāyu-ātmakam—repre- sented by the demigod Vāyu; prāṇāyāma—by the practice of regulating the airs within the body; vidhūta—cleansed away; rajaḥ-tamasaḥ— whose passion and ignorance; parama—sublime; samādhinā—by trance; yajante—they worship.
TRANSLATION
The inhabitants of those islands are also divided into four castes—Ṛtavrata, Satyavrata, Dānavrata and Anuvrata—which ex- actly resemble brāhmaṇa, kṣatriya, vaiśya and śūdra. They practice prāṇāyāma and mystic yoga, and in trance they worship the Supreme Lord in the form of Vāyu.
TEXT 28
अन्तः प्रविश्य भूतानि यो बिभर्त्यात्मकेतुभिः ।
अन्तर्यामीश्वरः साक्षात्पातु नो यद्वशे स्फुटम् ॥२८॥
antaḥ-praviśya bhūtāni yo bibharty ātma-ketubhiḥ antaryāmīśvaraḥ sākṣāt pātu no yad-vaśe sphuṭam