Shloka 20
Rules of Purity (Shauca) — Rules of Purity (Śauca), Permissible Foods, and the Duties of the Householder and Forest-Dweller
ब्रह्मो मुहूर्ते प्रथमं विबुध्येदनुस्मरेद् देववरान् महर्षीन् प्राभातिकं मङ्गलमेव वाच्यं यदुक्तवान् देवपतिस्त्रिनेत्रः
brahmo muhūrte prathamaṃ vibudhyedanusmared devavarān maharṣīn prābhātikaṃ maṅgalameva vācyaṃ yaduktavān devapatistrinetraḥ
ബ്രഹ്മമുഹൂർത്തത്തിൽ ആദ്യം ഉണർന്ന് ദേവശ്രേഷ്ഠരെയും മഹർഷിമാരെയും അനുസ്മരിക്കണം. പ്രഭാതത്തിൽ മംഗളവചനമേ ഉച്ചരിക്കണം—ഇതു ത്രിനേത്രനായ ദേവപതി പ്രസ്താവിച്ചതാണ്.
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FAQs
The day’s moral trajectory is set at waking: remembrance (smaraṇa) of divine and ṛṣi exemplars and disciplined speech (maṅgala) are presented as practical safeguards against careless action and harmful words.
This is a ritual-ethical injunction within the Purāṇa’s instructional material, not a genealogical/cosmogonic lakṣaṇa. It supports dharma practice that Purāṇas use to ‘expand’ (upabṛṃhaṇa) Vedic norms.
Brahma-muhūrta symbolizes sattva and clarity; ‘morning auspicious speech’ frames language as karma: the first utterances are treated as seeds influencing the day’s outcomes, aligning personal conduct with cosmic order (ṛta/dharma).