Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Śrīmad Bhāgavatam 11.17.26

agny-arkācārya-go-vipra-

guru-vriddha-surāñ śucih

samāhita upāsīta

sandhye dve yata-vāg japan

SYNONYMS

agni — the fire-god; arka — the sun; ācārya — the ācārya; go — the cows; vipra — the brāhmanas; guru — the spiritual master; vriddha — elder respectable persons; surān — the demigods; śucih — purified; samāhitah — 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.

TRANSLATION

Purified and fixed in consciousness, the brahmacārī should worship the fire-god, sun, ācārya, cows, brāhmanas, 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.

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