सन्ध्याविधिःThe rule of the sandhyā
Verse 76
सन्ध्या त्रैकालिकी कार्या वैदिकी तान्त्रिकी क्रमात् । उपासनाया भेदेन पूजां कुर्याद् यथाविधि ॥ ७६ ॥
sandhyā traikālikī kāryā vaidikī tāntrikī kramāt | upāsanāyā bhēdēna pūjāṁ kuryād yathāvidhi || 76 ||
Translation
The sandhyā is to be done at the three times, the Vedic and the Tantric in order; and according to one's form of worship one should perform worship as prescribed.
Word by word
- sandhyā
- the sandhyā
- traikālikī
- at the three times
- kāryā
- is to be done
- vaidikī
- the Vedic
- tāntrikī
- and the Tantric
- kramāt
- in order
- upāsanāyā
- (upāsanāyāḥ) of one's form of worship
- bhēdēna
- according to the kind
- pūjāṁ
- worship
- kuryād
- (kuryāt) one should perform
- yathāvidhi
- as prescribed
Meaning
The sandhyā is the rite of the "junctures" of the day, dawn, noon and dusk, the oldest daily rite of the twice-born. The Tantra keeps it, in two forms done one after the other: the Vedic sandhyā, then the Tantric one taught in the fifth chapter. After that comes the worship proper, which depends on one's "upāsanā", whether one worships Brahman (chapters 2 and 3) or the Goddess (chapters 5 and 6).
Commentary
Hariharānanda Bhāratī’s Sanskrit commentary, translated
See the commentary on verse 73.