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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam
[Canto 6, Ch. 5]
spiritual movement for this age, has recommended that one chant Hare Kṛṣṇa, Hare Kṛṣṇa, Kṛṣṇa Kṛṣṇa, Hare Hare/ Hare Rāma, Hare Rāma, Rāma Rāma, Hare Hare.
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अभ्मक्षाः कतिचिन्मासान् कतिचिद् वायुभोजनाः ।
आराधयन् मन्त्रमिममम्यसन्त इदस्पतिम् ॥२७॥
ॐ नमो नारायणाय पुरुषाय महात्मने ।
विशुद्धसत्त्वधिष्ण्याय महाहंसाय धीमहि ॥२८॥
ab-bhakṣāḥ katicin māsān katicid vāyu-bhojanāḥ ārādhayan mantram imam abhyasyanta iḍaspatim
oṁ namo nārāyaṇāya puruṣāya mahātmane viśuddha-sattva-dhiṣṇyāya mahā-haṁsāya dhīmahi
ap-bhakṣāḥ —drinking only water;  katicit māsān —for some months;  katicit —for some;  vāyu-bhojanāḥ —merely breathing, or eating air;  ārādhayan —worshiped;  mantram imam —this  mantra , which is nondifferent from  Nārāyaṇa ;  abhyasyantaḥ —practicing;  iḍaḥ-patim —the master of all  mantras , Lord Viṣṇu;  oṁ —O Lord;  namaḥ —respectful obeisances;  nārāyaṇāya —unto Lord  Nārāyaṇa ;  puruṣāya —the Supreme Person;  mahā-ātmane —the exalted Supersoul;  viśuddha-sattva-dhiṣṇyāya —who is always situated in the transcendental abode;  mahā-haṁsāya —the great swanlike Personality of Godhead;  dhīmahi —we always offer.
TRANSLATION
For a few months the sons of Prajāpati Dakṣa drank only water and ate only air. Thus undergoing great austerities, they recited this  mantra : “Let us offer our respectful obeisances unto