Mahabharata — Anushasana Parva, Shloka 60
कल्यमुत्थाय यो नित्य॑ संध्ये द्वेडस्तमयोदये । पठेच्छुचिरनावृत्त: स धर्मफलभाग् भवेत्
kalyam utthāya yo nityaṃ sandhye dve astaṃ-udaye | paṭhec chucir anāvṛttaḥ sa dharma-phala-bhāg bhavet ||
Sinabi ni Bhīṣma: “Ang sinumang araw-araw ay bumabangon nang maaga at, malinis at di nadungisan, ay bumibigkas sa dalawang sandhyā—sa pagsikat at sa paglubog ng araw—(ng mga banal na pangalang iyon), ang taong iyon ay nagiging kabahagi sa mga bunga ng dharma.”
भीष्म उवाच
Educational Q&A
Daily discipline at the two sandhyās—sunrise and sunset—combined with purity and reverent recitation of dharmic exemplars makes one a participant in the merit (dharma-phala) generated by righteous remembrance and alignment with moral order.
Bhīṣma, instructing on dharma in the Anuśāsana Parva, concludes a long enumeration of renowned kings and states the benefit: one who rises early, remains pure, and recites these names at morning and evening sandhyā gains a share in the fruits of dharma.