Ahnikaprakasha 6.p1.2

6.p1.2

smṛticandrikāyāṃ smṛtyantaraṃ svarūpamapyāha, gāyatrī brahmarūpā tu sāvitrī rudrarūpiṇī | sarasvatī viṣṇurūpā upāsyā rūpabhedataḥ || karmaviśeṣamapi sandhyāśabdārthamāhayogiyājñavalkyaḥ, sandhyātrayaṃ tu karttavyaṃ dvijenātmavidā sadā | iti | etatsandhyātrayaṃ proktamiti kātyāyano'pi | atra sandhyāpadena prāṇāyāmādiḥ karmakalāpa ucyate | tamabhidhāyaitatsandhyātrayaṃ proktamityabhidhānāt | sadhyāmupāsate ye tvi tyādau sandhyāśabdasya karmakalāpaparatve anuṣṭhānamupāsanaśabdārthaḥ| devīparatve tu prāguktarūpeṇa tasyā dhyānamevopāsanaśabdārthaḥ | na bhinnāṃ pratipadyeta gāyatrīṃ brahmaṇā saha | so'hamasmītyupāsīta vidhinā yena kenacit || itivyāsavacanāttathaiva pratīteriti kecit | vastutastu dhyānapūrvako gāyatrījapa evopāsanapadārthaḥ | yathā kūrmapurāṇe, prākkūleṣu tataḥ sthitvā darbheṣu susamāhitaḥ | prāṇāyāmatrayaṃ kṛtvā dhyāyeta sandhyāmiti śrutiḥ || yā sandhyā sā jagatsūtirmāyātītā hi niṣkalā | īśvarī kevalā śaktistattvatrayasamudbhavā || dhyātvā'rkamaṇḍalagatāṃ sāvitrīṃ vai japedbudhaḥ | iti | prākkūleṣu prāgagreṣu | atra dhyātvā'rkamaṇḍalagatāmityanena dhyānasyāṅgatvapratipādanādgāyatrījapa eva pradhānam | śaṅkhenāpi devatāṃ dhyāyan japaṃ kuryādityanena dhyānasya japāṅgatvamabhihitam | evaṃ ca na bhinnāṃ pratipadyetetyādivyāsavākye'pyaṅgabhūtadhyānasyaivopāsanatvenābhidhānam | evam-upāsya paścimāṃ saṃdhyāṃ sādityāṃ vai yathāvidhi | gāyatrīmabhyasettāvadyāvadṛkṣāṇi paśyati || itinṛsiṃhapurāṇavākye'pi dhyānarūpopāsanasyaivāṅgatvapratītiḥ |