Shloka 11
Brahmin Right Conduct: Morning Remembrance, Bathing, Purification, and Tarpaṇa Method
परतो दंतकाष्ठं च तृणैरुदुंबरादिभिः । अतः परं च संध्यायां संयतश्च द्विजो भवेत्
parato daṃtakāṣṭhaṃ ca tṛṇairuduṃbarādibhiḥ | ataḥ paraṃ ca saṃdhyāyāṃ saṃyataśca dvijo bhavet
Danach soll man einen Zahnputzstock verwenden, aus Gräsern oder von Bäumen wie dem Udumbara. Hierauf soll der Zweimalgeborene zur Zeit der Sandhyā in Selbstzucht verweilen.
Unspecified (contextual narrator/instructional voice within Sṛṣṭikhaṇḍa)
Primary Rasa: shanta
Secondary Rasa: adbhuta
Type: forest
Sandhi Resolution Notes: तृणैरुदुंबरादिभिः = तृणैः + उदुम्बरादिभिः; संयतश्च = संयतः + च.
FAQs
It prescribes cleaning the teeth using a dantakāṣṭha (tooth-stick), made from grasses or from trees such as udumbara, and then proceeding to sandhyā with self-restraint.
It links external cleanliness (śauca) with inner discipline (saṃyama), presenting both as prerequisites for proper performance of twilight worship.
“Dvija” literally means “twice-born,” commonly referring to an initiated person traditionally eligible for Vedic daily rites such as sandhyā (e.g., after upanayana).