क्वापि सन्ध्यामुपासीनं जपन्तं ब्रह्म वाग्यतम् । एकत्र चासिचर्माभ्यां चरन्तमसिवर्त्मसु ॥ २५ ॥
kvāpi sandhyām upāsīnaṁ japantaṁ brahma vāg-yatam ekatra cāsi-carmābhyāṁ carantam asi-vartmasu
- kva api
- somewhere
- sandhyām
- the rituals of sunset
- upāsīnam
- worshiping
- japantam
- quietly chanting
- brahma
- the Vedic mantra (Gāyatrī)
- vāk-yatam
- controlling His speech
- ekatra
- in one place
- ca
- and
- asi
- with sword
- carmābhyām
- and shield
- carantam
- moving about
- asi-vartmasu
- in the corridors set aside for sword practice
Somewhere Lord Kṛṣṇa was observing the rituals for worship at sunset by refraining from speech and quietly chanting the Gāyatrī mantra, and elsewhere He was moving about with sword and shield in the areas set aside for sword practice.