Shloka 3
पितृयज्ञे नारायणतत्त्वम् — The Nārāyaṇa Grounding of Ancestral Offerings
ततः स प्राड्मुखो विद्वानादित्ये नचिरोदिते । पाणिपादं समादाय विनीतवदुपाविशत्
tataḥ sa prāṅmukho vidvān āditye nacirodite | pāṇipādaṃ samādāya vinītavad upāviśat ||
ततः स विद्वान् प्राङ्मुखोऽभवत्, आदित्ये नचिरोदिते। पाणिपादं समादाय विनीतवदुपाविशत्, ततः योगे समुपावर्तत।
भीष्म उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse highlights disciplined humility and deliberate preparation as prerequisites for yoga: choosing an auspicious time (dawn), orienting oneself eastward, physically composing the limbs, and settling the mind into inward concentration.
A learned ascetic figure sits at sunrise facing east, gathers his limbs in a composed posture, and begins yogic absorption, signaling a transition from outward activity to inward contemplation.