सर्वे ते शुद्धमनसो वेदवेदांगपारगाः । तत्र स्नात्वा यथान्यायं कृत्वा कर्म जपादिकम्
sarve te śuddhamanaso vedavedāṃgapāragāḥ | tatra snātvā yathānyāyaṃ kṛtvā karma japādikam
Tất cả đều tâm ý thanh tịnh, thông suốt Veda và các bộ Vedāṅga. Tại đó, sau khi tắm gội đúng pháp, họ cử hành các nghi lễ như japa (trì tụng) và những hạnh sự khác.
Sūta (continuing the scene-setting narration)
Tirtha: Kurukṣetra
Type: kshetra
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Scene: Sages at dawn on a sacred waterbody: bathing, wringing garments, applying tilaka, then sitting in rows for japa with rosaries; the atmosphere is quiet, ordered, and luminous.
Purified intention joined with scriptural discipline expresses itself through orderly practice—bathing, rites, and mantra-recitation.
The immediate context continues at Kurukṣetra, where bathing and rites are performed according to rule.
Ritual bathing (snāna) performed yathā-nyāya and the performance of karma including japa are explicitly stated.