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
ต่อจากนั้น พึงใช้ไม้ขัดฟัน (ทันตกาษฐะ) ทำจากหญ้าหรือจากต้นไม้อย่างอุทุมพรเป็นต้น เพื่อชำระฟัน แล้วในกาลสันธยา (บูชาพลบค่ำ) ผู้เป็นทวิชะพึงสำรวมตน
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).