Viramitrodaya 6: atha sandhyā tadupānapadārthanirṇayaḥ

Āhnikaprakāśa 6

Language: Sanskrit

atha sandhyā tadupānapadārthanirṇayaḥ

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sarvāvasthaḥ ninditasevādiUnitkarmarataḥ, samyak śaucādyasamartho'pītyarthaḥ |

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vṛṣalo'tra adhārmikaḥ | taduktaṃ mahābhārate,

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saṃśitavratāḥ niścitavratā dṛḍhavratā iti yāvat |

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vibhramaḥ cittavikṣepaḥ | meghādinā sandhyākālājñānamityeke | sandhyayoriti dvivacanaṃ tṛtīyasandhyāyā upalakṣaṇārtham | etatsandhyātrayaṃ proktamityādikātyāyanavacanāt |

iti yogiyājñavalkyavacanācca | ātmavidā śarīrendriyāvyatiriktaṃ nityākaraṇe paraloke duḥkhabhāginamātmānaṃ vijānatā | tena tadakaraṇe pratyavāya iti sūcitam | atra sandhyātrayaṃ tu karttavyamityutpattivākye saṅkhyāśravaṇāttisra āhutīrjuhotītivattrīṇi karmāṇi | teṣāṃ ca pūrvā sandhyāṃ japaṃstiṣṭhannityādimanuvākye pratyekaṃ phalasambandhaśravaṇāt ekākaraṇe'pyaparaṃ karttavyameva | darśapūrṇamāsavākye tu āgneyādīnāṃ yāgānāṃ samucitānāmeva phalasambandhaśravaṇātpaurṇamāsākaraṇe darśasyānanuṣṭhāne nyāyataḥ prāpte vacanātprāyaścittapūrvakaṃ darśamanutiṣṭhanti | na ca pūrvā sandhyāmityādipūrvodāhṛtamanuvākye prātaḥsāyaṃsandhyayoḥ pratyekaṃ phalaśravaṇena ekākaraṇe aparānuṣṭhāne siddhe'pi madhyāhnasanadhyāyāḥ

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kalāpaparamisanye | sandhyākālaparimāṇamāha—

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muhūrttamātraṃ nāḍīdvayamātram | tathā,

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sandhāviti vakṣyamāṇamadhyāhnasandhyākālasyāpyupalakṣaṇam | sandhyātrayaṃ tu karttavyamityanena madhyāhnasandhyāyā api yogiyājñavalkyābhimatatvāt | atra sandhyopāsanāyāḥ sandhāveva vidhānāttatpūrvottarakālayostadaprasakternāstagaiti sāyaṃsandhyāyāḥ sūryabimbasyārddhāstamanātparata ārambhaniṣedhārthaṃ, nodgate iti prātaḥ sandhyāyā udayottaraṃ samāptiniṣedhārtham | tathāca dakṣaḥ,

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nāḍī ghaṭikā | nāḍyau dve ityanena nāḍīdvayaṃ prārambhakālo vivakṣitaḥ | tasyaiva sandhyāditvasambhavāt | saṃvarttopi,

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sanakṣatrāmityanena dakṣaikavākyatayā rātryantaghaṭikādvayādāvupakramya sūryabimbarekhādarśanaparyantaṃ prātaḥ sandhyāmupāsītetyarthaḥ | sādityāmityanenopakramakālo darśitaḥ | arddhāstamitabhāskarāmityanena bhāskarasyārddhāstamanasamayaḥ samāptikālo darśitaḥ | sa ca pratyagātārakodayāditi yājñavalkyaikavākyatvānnakṣatrodayakālopa-

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supūrvāṃ suṣṭhupūrvakālāṃ bahuṣu nakṣatreṣu vidyamāneṣu | apiśabdādalpeṣu nakṣatreṣu vidyamāneṣu| supaścādapi bahunakṣatradarśanāvadhi | apiśabdādanakṣatradarśane'pi samāpnuyādityarthaḥ |

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eke ācāryā godānavratādārabhya snānaṃ bahiḥsandhyatvaṃ ca vadantītyarthaḥ | godānavratātpūrvaṃ tu savratī bahiḥsandhyāmupāsīteti pūrvodāhṛtaśaṅkhalikhitavacanādbahiḥsandhyatvaniyama eva | sajyo tiṣi prātaḥ sanakṣatre sāyaṃ sasūrye kāle, upakramyeti śeṣaḥ | ājyotiṣo darśanāt prātaḥ sūryadarśanāvadhi sāyaṃ nakṣatradarśanāvadhi |

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atra ca prayato'snāyī aprayataḥ snāyīti vyavasthito vikalpaḥ | aprayato'bhiṣiktaḥ prayato vā'nabhiṣikta iti vakṣyamāṇabaudhāyanavacanāt | madhyāhna sandhyākālastu aṣṭadhā vibhaktasya caturthabhāga eva | madhyāhnasnānottarameva kātyāyanādibhistadabhidhānāt | kecittu aṣṭamo muhūrtto madhyāhna sandhyāyā mukhyaḥ kāla iti vadanti | paṭhanti ca,

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prātaḥsāyaṃsandhyayormukhyayoḥ prāguktagauṇakālātikrame vakṣyamāṇaprāyaścittaṃ kṛtvā sandhyāvandanaṃ karttavyaṃ, madhyāhna sandhyāyāstu mukhyakālātikramaeva prāyaścittam| tatra viśiṣya gauṇakālānabhi-

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ata evāraṇyaityevoktaṃ na tu bahiriti | uttarāparā vāyavyā dik| anvaṣṭamadeśam aṣṭadhā vibhaktāyā diśo yo'ṣṭamabhāgastamanu lakṣīkṛtyetyarthaḥ | tathācaitaduktaṃ bhavati—sāyaṃsandhyāvandane pratyagātārakodayādityanena paścimābhimukhatve siddhe uttarāparāmukha ityanena ca vāyavyābhimukhatve siddhe anvaṣṭamadeśamityanena paścimāyā diśo'ṣṭadhā vibhaktāyā yo'ṣṭamo bhāgo vāyavyāḥ sannihitastadabhimukhaḥ sandhyāmupāstaiti | spaṣṭaścāyamarthaḥ prayogapārijātadhṛtaśaunakavacane | yathā— diśo'ṣṭadhā vibhaktāyāḥ pratīcyā bhāgasaptakam | hitvā dakṣiṇato'nyastu yo'ṣṭamo bhāga uttaraḥ || asyābhimukhatāṃ prāpto bhūtvā prayatamānasaḥ | japannāsīta sāvitrīṃ sandhyāṃ kṛtsnāmatandritaḥ || iti | idaṃ ca gāyatrījapaeva | taduktamāśvalāyanena, yajñopavītī nityodakaḥ sandhyāmupāsīta vāgyataḥ sāyamāsīna uttarāparāmukho'nvaṣṭamadeśaṃ sāvitrīṃ japedarddhāstamite maṇḍalaānakṣatradarśanāt evaṃ prātaḥ prāṅmukhastiṣṭhannā''dityamaṇḍaladarśanāditi | yajñopavītīti sāmānyataḥ kratvarthatvena prāptasya yajñopavītasyānuvādaḥ | nityodakaḥ kṛtāvaśyakodakakarmā | tena snānācamanādi kṛtvā sandhyopāsanaṃ kāryamityarthaḥ sidhyati | nityodakaḥ smṛtyuktodakakarmetyarthaḥ ato mārjjanādi kāryamiti tu nārāyaṇavṛttiḥ | atikrāntāyāṃ sandhyāyāṃ mahāvyāhṛtyādi japitvā sandhyāmupāstaityanvayaḥ | svastyayanāni sva-

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anye tu,