ब्राह्मे मुहूर्त्ते चोत्थाय प्रणम्य ब्रह्मदं गुरुम् । ध्यात्वा च परमं ब्रह्म यथाशक्ति मनुं स्मरेत् । पूर्ववत् प्रणमेद् ब्रह्म प्रातःकृत्यमिदं स्मृतम् ॥ ११२ ॥
brāhmē muhūrttē cōtthāya praṇamya brahmadaṁ gurum | dhyātvā ca paramaṁ brahma yathāśakti manuṁ smarēt | pūrvavat praṇamēd brahma prātaḥkṛtyamidaṁ smṛtam || 112 ||
Translation
Rising in the hour of Brahman before dawn and bowing to the guru who gave him Brahman, he should meditate on the Supreme Brahman and remember the mantra as he can, then bow to Brahman as before: this is the morning observance.
Word by word
- brāhmē
- in (the hour) of Brahman
- muhūrttē
- at the hour before dawn
- cōtthāya
- and rising
- praṇamya
- bowing to
- brahmadaṁ
- who gave Brahman
- gurum
- the guru
- dhyātvā
- having meditated
- ca
- and
- paramaṁ
- supreme
- brahma
- Brahman
- yathāśakti
- as one is able
- manuṁ
- the mantra
- smarēt
- should remember
- pūrvavat
- as before
- praṇamēd
- should bow to
- prātaḥkṛtyamidaṁ
- this is the morning observance
- smṛtam
- is held
Meaning
The commentary: "the mantra" is "Oṁ sac-cid-ekaṁ brahma".