अब्भक्षा: कतिचिन्मासान् कतिचिद्वायुभोजना: । आराधयन् मन्त्रमिममभ्यस्यन्त इडस्पतिम् ॥ २७ ॥ ॐ नमो नारायणाय पुरुषाय महात्मने । विशुद्धसत्त्वधिष्ण्याय महाहंसाय धीमहि ॥ २८ ॥
ab-bhaksah katicin masan katicid vayu-bhojanah aradhayan mantram imam abhyasyanta idaspatim om namo narayanaya purusaya mahatmane visuddha-sattva-dhisnyaya maha-hamsaya dhimahi
- ap-bhaksah
- drinking only water
- katicit masan
- for some months
- katicit
- for some
- vayu-bhojanah
- merely breathing, or eating air
- aradhayan
- worshiped
- mantram imam
- this mantra, which is nondifferent from Narayana
- abhyasyantah
- practicing
- idah-patim
- the master of all mantras, Lord Visnu
- om
- O Lord
- namah
- respectful obeisances
- narayanaya
- unto Lord Narayana
- purusaya
- the Supreme Person
- maha-atmane
- the exalted Supersoul
- visuddha-sattva-dhisnyaya
- who is always situated in the transcendental abode
- maha-hamsaya
- the great swanlike Personality of Godhead
- dhimahi
- we always offer
For a few months the sons of Prajapati Daksa drank only water and ate only air. Thus undergoing great austerities, they recited this mantra: “Let us offer our respectful obeisances unto Narayana, the Supreme Personality of Godhead, who is always situated in His transcendental abode. Since He is the Supreme Person [paramahamsa], let us offer our respectful obeisances unto Him.”