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Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Śrīmad Bhāgavatam 4.8.74
tṛtīyaḿ cānayan māsaḿ
navame navame 'hani
ab-bhakṣa uttamaślokam
upādhāvat samādhinā
SYNONYMS
tṛtīyam — the third month; ca — also; ānayan — passing; māsam — one month; navame navame — on each ninth; ahani — on the day; ap-bhakṣaḥ — drinking water only; uttama-ślokam — the Supreme Personality of Godhead, who is worshiped by selected verses; upādhāvat — worshiped; samādhinā — in trance.
TRANSLATION
In 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.
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His Divine Grace A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupāda, Founder Ācārya of the International Society for Krishna Consciousness