Shloka 3
पितृयज्ञे नारायणतत्त्वम् — The Nārāyaṇa Grounding of Ancestral Offerings
ततः स प्राड्मुखो विद्वानादित्ये नचिरोदिते । पाणिपादं समादाय विनीतवदुपाविशत्
tataḥ sa prāṅmukho vidvān āditye nacirodite | pāṇipādaṃ samādāya vinītavad upāviśat ||
毗湿摩说道：“随后，那位博学之士在旭日初升之时面向东方，收摄手足，谦恭安然地端坐。如此调伏身心，他入于瑜伽——在黎明吉祥之刻，求内在寂静与自我制御。”
भीष्म उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse highlights disciplined humility and deliberate preparation as prerequisites for yoga: choosing an auspicious time (dawn), orienting oneself eastward, physically composing the limbs, and settling the mind into inward concentration.
A learned ascetic figure sits at sunrise facing east, gathers his limbs in a composed posture, and begins yogic absorption, signaling a transition from outward activity to inward contemplation.