Mahabharata — Anushasana Parva, Shloka 140
ज्येष्ठ-कनिष्ठ-धर्मः — Duties of Elders and Juniors
Anuśāsana-parva 108
संध्यायां च न भुज्जीत न स्नायेन्न तथा पठेत् । प्रयतश्न॒ भवेत् तस्यां न च किंचित् समाचरेत्
saṃdhyāyāṃ ca na bhuñjīta na snāyen na tathā paṭhet | prayataś ca bhavet tasyāṃ na ca kiṃcit samācaret ||
Wika ni Bhishma: Sa oras ng takipsilim (saṃdhyā), hindi dapat kumain, hindi dapat maligo, ni makipag-aral o magbigkas ng mga aralin. Sa banal na pagitan ng oras na iyon, manatiling mapagpigil at malinis ang isip, nakatuon sa pagninilay at pagsamba, at huwag magsagawa ng iba pang gawain.
भीष्म उवाच
Educational Q&A
Twilight (saṃdhyā) is to be treated as a dedicated sacred interval: avoid ordinary activities like eating, bathing, and study, and instead remain disciplined and focused on worship/meditation, doing nothing else.
In the Anuśāsana Parva’s dharma-instruction setting, Bhīṣma continues prescribing rules of right conduct, here specifying proper behavior during the saṃdhyā period as part of daily religious discipline.