Shloka 20
Rules of Purity (Shauca) — Rules of Purity (Śauca), Permissible Foods, and the Duties of the Householder and Forest-Dweller
ब्रह्मो मुहूर्ते प्रथमं विबुध्येदनुस्मरेद् देववरान् महर्षीन् प्राभातिकं मङ्गलमेव वाच्यं यदुक्तवान् देवपतिस्त्रिनेत्रः
brahmo muhūrte prathamaṃ vibudhyedanusmared devavarān maharṣīn prābhātikaṃ maṅgalameva vācyaṃ yaduktavān devapatistrinetraḥ
Zur brahma-muhūrta soll man zuerst erwachen und der erhabensten Götter und der großen ṛṣi gedenken. Am Morgen soll man nur Segensworte sprechen — so hat es der Dreiaugige Herr, der Lenker der Götter, verkündet.
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FAQs
The day’s moral trajectory is set at waking: remembrance (smaraṇa) of divine and ṛṣi exemplars and disciplined speech (maṅgala) are presented as practical safeguards against careless action and harmful words.
This is a ritual-ethical injunction within the Purāṇa’s instructional material, not a genealogical/cosmogonic lakṣaṇa. It supports dharma practice that Purāṇas use to ‘expand’ (upabṛṃhaṇa) Vedic norms.
Brahma-muhūrta symbolizes sattva and clarity; ‘morning auspicious speech’ frames language as karma: the first utterances are treated as seeds influencing the day’s outcomes, aligning personal conduct with cosmic order (ṛta/dharma).