चतुर्थमपि वै मासं द्वादशे द्वादशेऽहनि । वायुभक्षो जितश्वासो ध्यायन्देवमधारयत् ॥ ७५ ॥
caturtham api vai masam dvadase dvadase ’hani vayu-bhakso jita-svaso dhyayan devam adharayat
- caturtham
- fourth
- api
- also
- vai
- in that way
- masam
- the month
- dvadase dvadase
- on the twelfth
- ahani
- day
- vayu
- air
- bhaksah
- eating
- jita-svasah
- controlling the breathing process
- dhyayan
- meditating
- devam
- the Supreme Lord
- adharayat
- worshiped.
In the fourth month Dhruva Maharaja became a complete master of the breathing exercise, and thus he inhaled air only every twelfth day. In this way he became completely fixed in his position and worshiped the Supreme Personality of Godhead.