तद्वर्षपुरुषा ऋतव्रतसत्यव्रतदानव्रतानुव्रतनामानो भगवन्तं वाय्वात्मकं
प्राणायामविधूतरजस्तमसः परमसमाधिना यजन्ते ॥२७॥

tad-vará¹£a-puruá¹£Ä á¹›tavrata-satyavrata-dÄnavratÄnuvrata-nÄmÄno bhagavantaá¹ vÄyv-Ätmakaá¹ prÄṇÄyÄma-vidhÅ«ta-rajas-tamasaḥ parama-samÄdhinÄ yajante

 tat-vará¹£a-puruá¹£Äḥ - the inhabitants of those tracts of land; á¹›ta-vrata - Ṛtavrata; satya-vrata - Satyavrata; dÄna-vrata - DÄnavrata; anuvrata - Anuvrata; nÄmÄnaḥ - having the four names; bhagavantam - the Supreme Personality of Godhead; vÄyu-Ätmakam - represented by the demigod VÄyu; prÄṇÄyÄma - by the practice of regulating the airs within the body; vidhÅ«ta - cleansed away; rajaḥ-tamasaḥ - whose passion and ignorance; parama - sublime; samÄdhinÄ - by trance; yajante - they worship.


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The inhabitants of those islands are also divided into four castes — Ṛtavrata, Satyavrata, DÄnavrata and Anuvrata — which exactly resemble brÄhmaṇa, ká¹£atriya, vaiÅ›ya and śūdra. They practice prÄṇÄyÄma and mystic yoga, and in trance they worship the Supreme Lord in the form of VÄyu.

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