Brahmacarya and Vānaprastha Duties; Gradual Dissolution of Bodily Identity
सायं प्रातरुपासीत गुर्वग्न्यर्कसुरोत्तमान् । सन्ध्ये उभे च यतवाग्जपन्ब्रह्म समाहित: ॥ २ ॥
sāyaṁ prātar upāsīta gurv-agny-arka-surottamān sandhye ubhe ca yata-vāg japan brahma samāhitaḥ
នៅពេលព្រឹក និងល្ងាច ក្នុងសន្ធ្យាទាំងពីរ គាត់គួរគោរពបូជាគ្រូ អគ្គីបូជា ព្រះអាទិត្យ និងព្រះវិស្ណុដ៏ឧត្តម; ដោយសម្រួលវាចា និងផ្តោតចិត្ត គាត់គួរជបគាយត្រី (ព្រហ្ម)។
This verse instructs worship at dawn and dusk—honoring the guru, sacred fire, sun, and foremost divine authorities—and chanting Vedic mantras with controlled speech and a focused mind.
In the context of describing varṇāśrama duties, Śukadeva explains the disciplined routine that purifies a student’s life—training reverence, steadiness, and remembrance of sacred authority through daily worship and mantra-japa.
Keep fixed morning-evening spiritual time, reduce idle talk, and do steady mantra recitation or prayer with full attention—building purity, focus, and devotional consistency.