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Shloka 20

Adhyaya 34Madālāsā’s Instruction on Sadācāra (Householder Conduct, Purity, and Daily Rites)

सायं प्रापतस्तथा होमं कुर्वोत नियतात्मवान् ।

नोदयास्तमने बिम्बमुदीक्षेत विवस्वतः ॥

sāyaṃ prāpatastathā homaṃ kurvota niyatātmavān |

nodayāstamane bimbamudīkṣeta vivasvataḥ ||

ครั้นกลับมาในเวลาเย็น ผู้สำรวมอินทรีย์พึงประกอบโหมะ ไม่พึงจ้องมองดวงอาทิตย์ยามอาทิตย์ขึ้นหรือยามอาทิตย์ตก.

sāyamin the evening
sāyam:
Kāla (काल)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootsāyam (अव्यय)
FormKāla-avyaya (कालवाचक अव्यय)
prāpataḥhaving arrived/come (i.e., when evening has come)
prāpataḥ:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeAdjective
Rootprāpat (कृदन्त; √prāp/āp + kta?; here as adjective)
FormPuṃliṅga, Prathamā (1st), Ekavacana; kr̥danta used adjectivally: 'having obtained/arrived' (context: after evening has come)
tathālikewise; then
tathā:
Kriyā-viśeṣaṇa (क्रियाविशेषण)
TypeIndeclinable
Roottathā (अव्यय)
FormAdverb (क्रियाविशेषण)
homamfire-offering
homam:
Karma (कर्म)
TypeNoun
Roothoma (प्रातिपदिक)
FormPuṃliṅga, Dvitīyā (2nd), Ekavacana
kurvītashould perform
kurvīta:
Kriyā (क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootkṛ (धातु)
FormVidhi-liṅ (optative), Prathama puruṣa (3rd), Ekavacana; ātmanepada
niyata-ātmavānself-controlled
niyata-ātmavān:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeAdjective
Rootniyata (प्रातिपदिक) + ātman (प्रातिपदिक) + -vant (प्रत्यय)
FormPuṃliṅga, Prathamā (1st), Ekavacana; bahuvrīhi: 'one whose self is restrained'
nanot
na:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootna (अव्यय)
FormNiṣedha-particle
udaya-astamaneat sunrise or sunset
udaya-astamane:
Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण)
TypeNoun
Rootudaya (प्रातिपदिक) + astamana (प्रातिपदिक)
FormNapुंसकलिङ्ग, Saptamī (7th/सप्तमी), Ekavacana; dvandva (itaretara): 'at sunrise and sunset' (locative)
bimbamdisc (orb)
bimbam:
Karma (कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootbimba (प्रातिपदिक)
FormNapुंसकलिङ्ग, Dvitīyā (2nd), Ekavacana
udīkṣetashould look at
udīkṣeta:
Kriyā (क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootud-īkṣ (धातु)
FormVidhi-liṅ (optative), Prathama puruṣa (3rd), Ekavacana; ātmanepada
vivasvataḥof the Sun
vivasvataḥ:
Ṣaṣṭhī-sambandha (षष्ठीसम्बन्ध)
TypeNoun
Rootvivasvat (प्रातिपदिक)
FormPuṃliṅga, Ṣaṣṭhī (6th/षष्ठी), Ekavacana
Unspecified in provided excerpt; normative instruction

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Sūrya (Vivasvat)
DharmaHomaNiyamaSense-restraint

FAQs

Daily fire-offering and restraint of the senses are paired disciplines: ritual steadies life, while sense-control prevents dissipation.

Ācāra-dharma instruction; outside pancalakṣaṇa narrative categories.

Sunrise/sunset are ‘threshold’ moments; the injunction suggests inward recollection rather than outward fixation—turning vision into contemplation.