SB 7.12.2

Srimad-Bhagavatam - Seventh Canto - Chapter 12: The Perfect Society: Four Spiritual Classes

SB 7.12.1 - SB 7.12.3

His Divine Grace
A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada

TEXT 2

sāyaṁ prātar upāsīta

gurv-agny-arka-surottamān

sandhye ubhe ca yata-vāg

japan brahma samāhitaḥ

SYNONYMS

sāyam — in the evening; prātaḥ — in the morning; upāsīta — he should worship; guru — the spiritual master; agni — the fire (by a fire sacrifice); arka — the sun; sura-uttamān — and Lord Viṣṇu, Puruṣottama, the best of personalities; sandhye — morning and evening; ubhe — both; ca — also; yata-vāk — without talking, being silent; japan — murmuring; brahma — the Gāyatrī mantra; samāhitaḥ — being fully absorbed.

TRANSLATION

At both junctions of day and night, namely, in the early morning and in the evening, he should be fully absorbed in thoughts of the spiritual master, fire, the sun-god and Lord Viṣṇu and by chanting the Gāyatrī mantra he should worship them.

SB 7.12.1 - SB 7.12.3