अथोपस्पृश्य सलिलं प्राणानायम्य वाग्यत: । ध्यायञ्जजाप विरजं ब्रह्म ज्योति: सनातनम् ॥ ३२ ॥
athopasprsya salilam pranan ayamya vag-yatah dhyayan jajapa virajam brahma jyotih sanatanam
- atha
- thereafter
- upasprsya
- touching or taking bath in water
- salilam
- water
- pranan ayamya
- practicing trance
- vak-yatah
- controlling speech
- dhyayan
- meditating
- jajapa
- chanted within the mouth
- virajam
- pure
- brahma
- Gayatri hymns
- jyotih
- effulgence
- sanatanam
- eternal.
Thereafter the brahmana took his bath in the water and controlled his speech by practicing trance, meditating on the eternal effulgence and chanting the holy Gayatri hymns within his mouth.