Shloka 20
Adhyaya 34 — Madālāsā’s Instruction on Sadācāra (Householder Conduct, Purity, and Daily Rites)
सायं प्रापतस्तथा होमं कुर्वोत नियतात्मवान् ।
नोदयास्तमने बिम्बमुदीक्षेत विवस्वतः ॥
sāyaṃ prāpatastathā homaṃ kurvota niyatātmavān |
nodayāstamane bimbamudīkṣeta vivasvataḥ ||
Al regresar por la tarde, la persona dueña de sí debe realizar el homa. No debe fijar la mirada en el disco del sol ni al amanecer ni al atardecer.
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FAQs
Daily fire-offering and restraint of the senses are paired disciplines: ritual steadies life, while sense-control prevents dissipation.
Ācāra-dharma instruction; outside pancalakṣaṇa narrative categories.
Sunrise/sunset are ‘threshold’ moments; the injunction suggests inward recollection rather than outward fixation—turning vision into contemplation.