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; bhagavantam - the Supreme Personality of Godhead; vāyu-ātmakam - represented 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.

The inhabitants of those islands are also divided into four castes — Ṛtavrata, Satyavrata, Dānavrata and Anuvrata — which exactly 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.