तद्वर्षपुरुषा ऋतव्रतसत्यव्रतदानव्रतानुव्रतनामानो भगवन्तं वाय्वात्मकं प्राणायामविधूतरजस्तमस: परमसमाधिना यजन्ते ॥ २७ ॥
tad-varsa-purusa rtavrata-satyavrata-danavratanuvrata-namano bhagavantam vayv-atmakam pranayama-vidhuta-rajas-tamasah parama-samadhina yajante.
- tat-varsa-purusah
- the inhabitants of those tracts of land
- rta-vrata
- Rtavrata
- satya-vrata
- Satyavrata
- dana-vrata
- Danavrata
- anuvrata
- Anuvrata
- namanah
- having the four names
- bhagavantam
- the Supreme Personality of Godhead
- vayu-atmakam
- represented by the demigod Vayu
- pranayama
- by the practice of regulating the airs within the body
- vidhuta
- cleansed away
- rajah-tamasah
- whose passion and ignorance
- parama
- sublime
- samadhina
- by trance
- yajante
- they worship
The inhabitants of those islands are also divided into four castes—Rtavrata, Satyavrata, Danavrata and Anuvrata—which exactly resemble brahmana, ksatriya, vaisya and sudra. They practice pranayama and mystic yoga, and in trance they worship the Supreme Lord in the form of Vayu.