from vedic links
Introduction
Sandhya Vandanam literally means either "Salutation to the goddess
of Dawn and dusk or the prayers done during dawn and dusk." Hindus
considered the period just before dawn and just after dusk as well
as the exact period of noon , as extremely suitable for meditation.
All Brahmins after Upanayanam (prescribed to be done at the age of
seven), were required to do these prayers without fail. Essentially
these prayers are offering oblations to the devas (arghya pradanam),
doing breathing exercises (pranayamam) and then meditating on
Gayathri by chanting the king of all manthras "Gayathri". This
Manthra is taught to every boy by his own father during the ceremony
of brahmopadesam. After learning Gayathri every boy is supposed to
have taken a second birth and is entitled to be called "Dwija".
Our scriptures attach lot of importance to Sandhya vandanam .They
prescribe that a dwija should do it without fail every day, They
also say that the knowledgeable Brahmin who salutes the Sun god
daily thrice would attain whatever he wants. They further say that
one who does not do sandhyavandanam is a sinner and is not eligible
for any Vedic duties.
What is given below is the Sandhya Vandanam procedure prescribed for
Yajur Vedis. But the manthras to be chanted by followers of the
other Vedas is also mentioned wherever there is a difference. All
people are requested to do the Sandhya vandanam initially for a few
times under the guidance of their "Guru" and use the procedure and
manthras given below later. This is requested because English being
not a very phonetic language is inadequate to transliterate Sanskrit
slokas and that too those written in the Vedic Sanskrit.
A summary meaning of all the manthras chanted is also included.
Sandhya vandhana has two parts, the first one normally to be done
either standing in a river or sitting with hunched legs on the feet
outside the house and the second part is done by sitting on firm
ground using the lotus pose. (Padmasana).
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