ब्राह्मे मुहूर्त उत्थाय वार्युपस्पृश्य माधव: । दध्यौ प्रसन्नकरण आत्मानं तमस: परम् ॥ ४ ॥ एकं स्वयंज्योतिरनन्यमव्ययंस्वसंस्थया नित्यनिरस्तकल्मषम् । ब्रह्माख्यमस्योद्भवनाशहेतुभि:स्वशक्तिभिर्लक्षितभावनिर्वृतिम् ॥ ५ ॥
brāhme muhūrta utthāya vāry upaspṛśya mādhavaḥ dadhyau prasanna-karaṇa ātmānaṁ tamasaḥ param ekaṁ svayaṁ-jyotir ananyam avyayaṁ sva-saṁsthayā nitya-nirasta-kalmaṣam brahmākhyam asyodbhava-nāśa-hetubhiḥ sva-śaktibhir lakṣita-bhāva-nirvṛtim
- brāhme muhūrte
- during the most suitable period of the day for spiritual activity, before sunrise
- utthāya
- rising
- vāri
- water
- upaspṛśya
- touching
- mādhavaḥ
- Lord Kṛṣṇa
- dadhyau
- meditated
- prasanna
- clear
- karaṇaḥ
- His mind
- ātmānam
- upon Himself
- tamasaḥ
- ignorance
- param
- beyond
- ekam
- exclusive
- svayam-jyotiḥ
- self-luminous
- ananyam
- without another
- avyayam
- infallible
- sva-saṁsthayā
- by His own nature
- nitya
- perpetually
- nirasta
- dispelling
- kalmaṣam
- contamination
- brahma-ākhyam
- known as Brahman, the Absolute Truth
- asya
- of this (universe)
- udbhava
- of creation
- nāśa
- and destruction
- hetubhiḥ
- by the causes
- sva
- His own
- śaktibhiḥ
- energies
- lakṣita
- manifest
- bhāva
- existence
- nirvṛtim
- joy
Lord Mādhava would rise during the brāhma-muhūrta period and touch water. With a clear mind He would then meditate upon Himself, the single, self-luminous, unequaled and infallible Supreme Truth, known as Brahman, who by His very nature ever dispels all contamination, and who through His personal energies, which cause the creation and destruction of this universe, manifests His own pure and blissful existence.