Shloka 4

इत्याचम्य जपेत्‌ सायं प्रातश्न॒ पुरुष: सदा । यदल्ला कुरुते पापं तस्मात्‌ स परिमुच्यते,वसिष्ठजी कहते हैं--राजन्‌! मनुष्यको चाहिये कि सदा सबेरे और सायंकाल आचमन करके इस प्रकार जप करे--“'घी और दूध देनेवाली, घीकी उत्पत्तिका स्थान, घीको प्रकट करनेवाली, घीकी नदी तथा घीकी भवँररूप गौएँ मेरे घरमें सदा निवास करें। गौका घी मेरे हृदयमें सदा स्थित रहे। घी मेरी नाभिमें प्रतिष्ठित हो। घी मेरे सम्पूर्ण अंगोंमें व्याप्त रहे और घी मेरे मनमें स्थित हो। गौएँ मेरे आगे रहें। गौंएँ मेरे पीछे भी रहें। गौएँ मेरे चारों ओर रहें और मैं गौओंके बीचमें निवास करूँ।” इस प्रकार प्रतिदिन जप करनेवाला मनुष्य दिनभरमें जो पाप करता है, उससे छुटकारा पा जाता है

ity ācamya japet sāyaṁ prātaś ca puruṣaḥ sadā | yad ahnā kurute pāpaṁ tasmāt sa parimucyate ||

Vasiṣṭha said: “O King, a man should always perform ācamana and recite this formula in the morning and in the evening. Whatever sin he commits during the day, from that he is completely released.” The teaching frames daily purification and reverent recitation—especially connected with the sanctity of the cow and ghee—as a disciplined practice of atonement and moral cleansing.

इतिthus
इति:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootइति
आचम्यhaving sipped (water) / having performed ācamana
आचम्य:
TypeVerb
Rootआ + चम (धातु)
Formक्त्वा (absolutive/gerund), कर्तरि
जपेत्should recite/mutter
जपेत्:
TypeVerb
Rootजप् (धातु)
Formविधिलिङ्, injunctive/optative (should), 3, singular, परस्मैपद
सायम्in the evening
सायम्:
Adhikarana
TypeIndeclinable
Rootसायम्
प्रातःin the morning
प्रातः:
Adhikarana
TypeIndeclinable
Rootप्रातः
and
:
TypeIndeclinable
Root
पुरुषःa man/person
पुरुषः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootपुरुष (प्रातिपदिक)
Formmasculine, nominative, singular
सदाalways
सदा:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootसदा
यत्whatever (that which)
यत्:
Karma
TypePronoun
Rootयद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formneuter, accusative, singular
अह्नाin a day / during the day
अह्ना:
Karana
TypeNoun
Rootअहन् (प्रातिपदिक)
Formneuter, instrumental, singular
कुरुतेdoes/commits
कुरुते:
TypeVerb
Rootकृ (धातु)
Formलट्, present, 3, singular, आत्मनेपद
पापम्sin/evil deed
पापम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootपाप (प्रातिपदिक)
Formneuter, accusative, singular
तस्मात्from that
तस्मात्:
Apadana
TypePronoun
Rootतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formneuter, ablative, singular
सःhe
सः:
Karta
TypePronoun
Rootतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formmasculine, nominative, singular
परिमुच्यतेis completely freed/released
परिमुच्यते:
TypeVerb
Rootपरि + मुच् (धातु)
Formलट्, present, 3, singular, आत्मनेपद, middle/passive sense: is freed

वसिष्ठ उवाच

V
Vasiṣṭha
K
King (Rājan)
Ā
ācamana (ritual sipping of water)
J
japa (muttered recitation)

Educational Q&A

Regular purification (ācamana) and disciplined japa at dawn and dusk function as a daily prāyaścitta: the practitioner is said to be freed from the day’s moral faults, emphasizing routine self-cleansing and reverence-based restraint.

Vasiṣṭha instructs the king on a prescribed daily practice: after ācamana one should recite the given formula morning and evening; the verse states the promised result—release from sins committed during the day.