प्राणायामेन संयम्य मनो वर्षशतं मुनि: । अतिष्ठदेकपादेन निर्द्वन्द्वोऽनिलभोजन: ॥ १९ ॥
pranayamena samyamya mano varsa-satam munih atisthad eka-padena nirdvandvo ’nila-bhojanah
- pranayamena
- by practice of the breathing exercise
- samyamya
- controlling
- manah
- mind
- varsa-satam
- one hundred years
- munih
- the great sage
- atisthat
- remained there
- eka-padena
- standing on one leg
- nirdvandvah
- without duality
- anila
- air
- bhojanah
- eating.
There the great sage concentrated his mind by the yogic breathing exercises, and thereby controlling all attachment, he remained standing on one leg only, eating nothing but air, and stood there on one leg for one hundred years.