पञ्चमे मास्यनुप्राप्ते जितश्वासो नृपात्मज: । ध्यायन् ब्रह्म पदैकेन तस्थौ स्थाणुरिवाचल: ॥ ७६ ॥
pancame masy anuprapte jita-svaso nrpatmajah dhyayan brahma padaikena tasthau sthanur ivacalah
- pancame
- in the fifth
- masi
- in the month
- anuprapte
- being situated
- jita-svasah
- and still controlling the breathing
- nrpa-atmajah
- the son of the King
- dhyayan
- meditating
- brahma
- the Supreme Personality of Godhead
- pada ekena
- with one leg
- tasthau
- stood
- sthanuh
- just like a column
- iva
- like
- acalah
- without movement.
By the fifth month, Maharaja Dhruva, the son of the King, had controlled his breathing so perfectly that he was able to stand on only one leg, just as a column stands, without motion, and concentrate his mind fully on the Parabrahman.