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Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Śrīmad Bhāgavatam 5.20.27
tad-varsha-purushā ritavrata-satyavrata-dānavratānuvrata-nāmāno bhagavantam vāyv-ātmakam prānāyāma-vidhūta-rajas-tamasah parama-samādhinā yajante
SYNONYMS
tat-varsha-purushāh — the inhabitants of those tracts of land; rita-vrata — Ritavrata; satya-vrata — Satyavrata; dāna-vrata — Dānavrata; anuvrata — Anuvrata; nāmānah — having the four names; bhagavantam — the Supreme Personality of Godhead; vāyu-ātmakam — represented by the demigod Vāyu; prānāyāma — by the practice of regulating the airs within the body; vidhūta — cleansed away; rajah-tamasah — whose passion and ignorance; parama — sublime; samādhinā — by trance; yajante — they worship.
TRANSLATION
The inhabitants of those islands are also divided into four castes — Ritavrata, Satyavrata, Dānavrata and Anuvrata — which exactly resemble brāhmana, kshatriya, vaiśya and śūdra. They practice prānāyāma and mystic yoga, and in trance they worship the Supreme Lord in the form of Vāyu.
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