Shloka 11
Brahmin Right Conduct: Morning Remembrance, Bathing, Purification, and Tarpaṇa Method
परतो दंतकाष्ठं च तृणैरुदुंबरादिभिः । अतः परं च संध्यायां संयतश्च द्विजो भवेत्
parato daṃtakāṣṭhaṃ ca tṛṇairuduṃbarādibhiḥ | ataḥ paraṃ ca saṃdhyāyāṃ saṃyataśca dvijo bhavet
പിന്നീട് പുല്ലുകളാലോ ഉദുംബരാദി വൃക്ഷങ്ങളുടെ ദന്തകാഷ്ഠത്താലോ ദന്തശുദ്ധി ചെയ്യണം; അതിനുശേഷം സന്ധ്യാകാലത്തിൽ ദ്വിജൻ സംയമവാനാകണം।
Unspecified (contextual narrator/instructional voice within Sṛṣṭikhaṇḍa)
Primary Rasa: shanta
Secondary Rasa: adbhuta
Type: forest
Sandhi Resolution Notes: तृणैरुदुंबरादिभिः = तृणैः + उदुम्बरादिभिः; संयतश्च = संयतः + च.
FAQs
It prescribes cleaning the teeth using a dantakāṣṭha (tooth-stick), made from grasses or from trees such as udumbara, and then proceeding to sandhyā with self-restraint.
It links external cleanliness (śauca) with inner discipline (saṃyama), presenting both as prerequisites for proper performance of twilight worship.
“Dvija” literally means “twice-born,” commonly referring to an initiated person traditionally eligible for Vedic daily rites such as sandhyā (e.g., after upanayana).