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Mahānirvāṇa Tantra 8.92

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Ullāsas
14
Published
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Verses
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Minutes
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Ullāsa 8 · Verse 92

वैदिकतान्त्रिकोभयसन्ध्याकरणे युक्तिःWhy both the Vedic and the Tantric sandhyā are done

Verse 92

समाप्याह्निककर्माणि स्वाध्यायं गृहकर्म वा । गृहस्थो नियतं कुर्यान्नैव तिष्ठेन्निरुद्यमः ॥ ९२ ॥

samāpyāhnikakarmāṇi svādhyāyaṁ gṛhakarma vā | gṛhasthō niyataṁ kuryānnaiva tiṣṭhēnnirudyamaḥ || 92 ||

Translation

Having finished his daily rites, the householder should regularly do study of the Veda or the work of the house; he should never stay idle.

Word by word

samāpya
having finished
āhnika
daily
karmāṇi
his rites
svādhyāyaṁ
study of the Veda
gṛha
of the house
karma
the work
vā
or
gṛhasthō
(gṛhasthaḥ) the householder
niyataṁ
regularly
kuryān
(kuryāt) should do
na
not
ēva
ever
tiṣṭhēn
(tiṣṭhet) should stay
nirudyamaḥ
idle

Meaning

After the morning rites comes work: "svādhyāya", glossed by the commentary as study of the Veda (here, sacred study generally), or the household's business. Idleness is ruled out. The commentary reads verses 92 to 95 together.

Commentary

Hariharānanda Bhāratī’s Sanskrit commentary, translated

Svādhyāyam: the study of the Veda. (This explanation covers verses 92 to 95.)