Shloka 140
ज्येष्ठ-कनिष्ठ-धर्मः — Duties of Elders and Juniors
Anuśāsana-parva 108
संध्यायां च न भुज्जीत न स्नायेन्न तथा पठेत् । प्रयतश्न॒ भवेत् तस्यां न च किंचित् समाचरेत्
saṃdhyāyāṃ ca na bhuñjīta na snāyen na tathā paṭhet | prayataś ca bhavet tasyāṃ na ca kiṃcit samācaret ||
ಭೀಷ್ಮನು ಹೇಳಿದನು—ಸಂಧ್ಯಾಕಾಲದಲ್ಲಿ ಭೋಜನ ಮಾಡಬಾರದು, ಸ್ನಾನ ಮಾಡಬಾರದು, ಪಠಣ/ಸ್ವಾಧ್ಯಾಯವೂ ಮಾಡಬಾರದು. ಆ ಪವಿತ್ರ ವೇಳೆಯಲ್ಲಿ ಸಂಯಮದಿಂದ, ಶುದ್ಧಚಿತ್ತದಿಂದ ಧ್ಯಾನ-ಉಪಾಸನೆಗೆ ಅರ್ಪಿತನಾಗಿ ಇರಬೇಕು; ಬೇರೆ ಯಾವುದನ್ನೂ ಆಚರಿಸಬಾರದು.
भीष्म उवाच
Educational Q&A
Twilight (saṃdhyā) is to be treated as a dedicated sacred interval: avoid ordinary activities like eating, bathing, and study, and instead remain disciplined and focused on worship/meditation, doing nothing else.
In the Anuśāsana Parva’s dharma-instruction setting, Bhīṣma continues prescribing rules of right conduct, here specifying proper behavior during the saṃdhyā period as part of daily religious discipline.