अग्न्यर्काचार्यगोविप्रगुरुवृद्धसुराञ्शुचि: । समाहित उपासीत सन्ध्ये द्वे यतवाग् जपन् ॥ २६ ॥
agny-arkācārya-go-vipra- guru-vṛddha-surāñ śuciḥ samāhita upāsīta sandhye dve yata-vāg japan
- agni
- the fire-god
- arka
- the sun
- ācārya
- the ācārya
- go
- the cows
- vipra
- the brāhmaṇas
- guru
- the spiritual master
- vṛddha
- elder respectable persons
- surān
- the demigods
- śuciḥ
- purified
- samāhitaḥ
- with fixed consciousness
- upāsīta
- he should worship
- sandhye
- in the junctions of time
- dve
- two
- yata-vāk
- observing silence
- japan
- silently chanting or murmuring the proper mantras.
Purified and fixed in consciousness, the brahmacārī should worship the fire-god, sun, ācārya, cows, brāhmaṇas, guru, elderly respectable persons and demigods. He should perform such worship at sunrise and sunset, without speaking but by silently chanting or murmuring the appropriate mantras.