Mahabharata — Anushasana Parva, Shloka 69
न च राजभयं तेषां न पिशाचान्न राक्षसात् । नाग्न्यम्बुपवनव्यालाद् भयं तस्योपजायते,गायत्रीका जप करनेसे द्विजको राजा, पिशाच, राक्षस, आग, पानी, हवा और साँप आदिका भय नहीं होता
na ca rājabhayaṁ teṣāṁ na piśācān na rākṣasāt | nāgny-ambu-pavana-vyālād bhayaṁ tasyopajāyate ||
毗湿摩说道：对那个人而言，恐惧不生——不惧诸王，不惧毗舍遮（piśāca），亦不惧罗刹（rākṣasa）；对火、水、风与蛇类亦无所畏。由此可知，若以戒律与专注持诵伽耶特丽（Gāyatrī），则二生者（dvija）得以免于世间与幽冥之险，其于法（dharma）中的安定与坚忍亦随之增长。
भीष्म उवाच
Educational Q&A
Regular Gāyatrī-recitation and disciplined spiritual practice cultivate inner steadiness and are praised as conferring protection—symbolically and ethically—against threats from rulers, hostile beings, and natural dangers.
In the Anuśāsana Parva, Bhīṣma continues instructing Yudhiṣṭhira on dharma and religious duties; here he extols the power of sacred recitation (especially Gāyatrī-japa) as a safeguard for the dvija who follows it.