After that, wash your right hand and wipe your lips with your right thumb.

You
should move the thumb from right to left. Again, wash your right hand with
water. Now, follow the items presented in Table 2.
(Morning sandhyavandanam)

1 Action Mantra to recite

Touch right cheek with right thumb
Facing east, sit in , hold a small vessel of water in your left hand
and fold your right palm in such a way that the little finger, ring finger and mid-
dle finger are stretched while the index finger is bent inwards to accommodate Touch left cheek with right thumb
a small amount of water in the hollow of your right palm, as shown in Figure
1. Then, follow the items presented in Table 1.
Touch right eye with right ring finger

Touch left eye with right ring finger

Touch right side of nose with right

index finger
Figure 1: Posture for . Touch left side of nose with right
index finger
Action Mantra to recite
Pour a small amount of water in your Touch right ear with right little
right palm and swallow (not sip) finger

Repeat the above action Touch left ear with right little finger

Repeat the above action Touch right shoulder with right

middle finger
Touch left shoulder with right
Table 1:
middle finger
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 Action Mantra to recite
Touch navel with all right fingers

Touch top of the head with all right

fingers
Figure 2: Postures for .
Table 2:

The described above must be performed twice. 3

2 Place your left hand on your right thigh with your left hand palm facing up-
wards. Then place your right hand on top of your left hand covering your left
Close your left nostril with your right hand little and ring fingers and release
hand palm as shown in Figure 3. This is the posture for .
the air within your lungs through the right nostril slowly. Next, close your right
nostril with your right hand thumb while simultaneously opening the left nos-
tril and inhale through your left nostril to fill up your lungs. Next, close your
left nostril with your right hand little and ring fingers so that both your nostrils
are now closed, as shown in Figure 2. With your mouth and eyes closed, men-
tally recite the following, three times.

Figure 3: Posture for .

Now, recite

ı ıı ı ı

ı ıı

4
After that, open your right nostril and release the air held within your lungs
slowly. Then, touch your right ear with the fingers of your right hand. With both your hands in (that is, position), recite

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 Action Mantra to recite

With your right fingers sprinkle

some water on your head
ı

-
- Repeat the above action
ı ıı ı

Repeat the above action

ıı
5 ı

Follow the items presented in Table 3. Table 4: Prelude to

Then, follow the items presented in Table 5.
Action Mantra to recite
Action Mantra to recite
Touch top of the head
with right fingers With your right fingers sprinkle
some water on your head
ı ı

Touch tip of the nose

with right fingers Repeat the above action
ı ı
Touch chest with right
fingers
Repeat the above action
ı
With hands in ı

Repeat the above action

Table 3: for ı ı ı

Now, follow the items presented in Table 4. Repeat the above action
ı ı

Repeat the above action

ı ı

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 Action Mantra to recite Take a small amount of water in the hollow of your right palm and recite

Repeat the above action

ı

With your right fingers sprinkle ı

ı
some water on your knees
ı

ı ı ı

ı ı
With your right fingers sprinkle
ı ı ı
some water on your head
ı ı

ı
With your right fingers sprinkle
some water around your head Now, swallow the water in your right palm and perform as de-
ı

scribed in Section 1.
Table 5:
7
6
Follow the items presented in Table 7.
Follow the items presented in Table 6.
Action Mantra to recite
Action Mantra to recite Touch top of the head with
Touch top of the head with right fingers
right fingers
Touch tip of the nose with right Touch tip of the nose with right
fingers fingers

Touch chest with right fingers Touch chest with right fingers

With hands in With hands in

Table 6: for Table 7: for

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Then, follow the items presented in Table 8. Action Mantra to recite

Action Mantra to recite Repeat the above action

ı

With your right fingers sprinkle

some water on your head
ı With your right fingers sprinkle
ı
some water on your knees
ı

Repeat the above action

ı ı With your right fingers sprinkle
some water on your head
ı ı

Repeat the above action

ı With your right fingers sprinkle
some water around your head
ı

Repeat the above action Table 8:

ı

Repeat the above action 8

ı ı

Perform as described in Section 2. Configure the

Repeat the above action posture as described in Section 3 and recite
ı ı

Repeat the above action

ı ı

Repeat the above action Follow the items presented in Table 9.

ı ı ı

Action Mantra to recite

Repeat the above action
ı ı Touch top of the head with right
fingers
Repeat the above action
ı ı

Continued ...
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 Action Mantra to recite
Touch tip of the nose with right
fingers
Touch chest with right fingers

With hands in

Figure 4: Posture for .

Table 9: for

Stand erect and hold the vessel containing water between your thumb and in-
dex fingers of your left hand. Join both you hands with palms facing upwards.
Pour water in hollow of your joined palms and hold it. Raise both your hands
Follow the items presented in Table 10.
to the level of your forehead. Now recite

Action Mantra to recite

Touch top of the head with
ı ı ıı ı ı
ıı
right fingers
ı

Now, raise both your heels and let the water while looking at the sun as shown Touch tip of the nose with
in Fig 4. Perform the above mentioned process from pouring water into the right fingers
hollow of your joined palms to letting it, three times.
Touch chest with right
fingers
9
With hands in
If you are doing the after sunrise, follow the
items in this Section. Perform as described in Section 2. Con-
figure the posture as described in Section 3 and recite Table 10: for

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Stand erect and hold the vessel containing water between your thumb and in-
dex fingers of your left hand. Join both you hands with palms facing upwards.
Pour water in between your palms and hold it. Raise both your hands to the
level of your forehead. Now recite

Figure 5: Posture for .

ı ıı ı ı Action Mantra to recite

ı ıı
Pour water in the hollow of your
joined palms and hold it. Recite the
on the right and then let
Now, raise both your heels and let the water while looking at the sun. Then,
the water through the fingers of both
follow the items presented in Table 11.
your hands
Action Mantra to recite Repeat the above action
With some water in your right palm, circle
your hand around your head in a clock-
ı
Repeat the above action
wise direction while simultaneously cir-
cling yourself in a clockwise direction
Repeat the above action
With hands in , imagine the
Lord as being in the center of the Sun
Repeat the above action
Table 11: Salutations to sun
Repeat the above action
10

Perform the as described in Section 1. Sit in and Repeat the above action
hold the vessel containing water between your thumb and index fingers of your
left hand. Join both you hands with palms facing upwards as shown in Figure
5. Now, follow the items presented in Table 12. Continued ...

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 Action Mantra to recite Action Mantra to recite
Repeat the above action Touch tip of the nose with right
fingers
Repeat the above action Touch chest with right fingers

Repeat the above action With hands in

Repeat the above action Table 13: for

With hands in , recite

Repeat the above action

Table 12:
Perform the as described Section 1.

11 12

Sprinkle some water on a clean area and recite Perform as described in Section 2, three times. Configure the
posture as described in Section 3 and recite

ı
(If you wish to recite the 108 times) (If
Stand anywhere in the water-sprinkled area facing east and follow the items you wish to recite the 28 times) (If you wish to
presented in Table 13. recite the 10 times)

Action Mantra to recite

(If you wish to recite the
Touch top of the head with
108 times) (If you wish to recite the
right fingers
28 times) (If you wish to recite the
10 times)
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Then, follow the items presented in Table 14. Action Mantra to recite
Action Mantra to recite Touch tip of the
Touch top of the nose with right
head with right fingers
fingers Touch chest with
Touch tip of the right fingers
nose with right Touch top of the
fingers head with right
Touch chest with fingers
right fingers Touch tip of the
Touch top of the nose with right
head with right fingers
fingers Touch chest with
right fingers
Touch tip of the With hands in
nose with right
fingers
Table 14:

Touch chest with With hands in , recite

right fingers

Touch top of the

head with right
fingers
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Follow the item presented in Table 15. Action Mantra to recite
Action Mantra to recite Touch top of the head
with right fingers
With your two hands
gently touch different Touch tip of the nose with
parts of your body from right fingers
head to toe. Touch chest with right
Table 15: Sanctifying different parts of the body fingers
With hands in
With hands in , recite

Table 16: for

With hands in , recite

Perform the described in Section 2, three times. It is also a

pratice to recite the following ten times instead of performing the
three times. ı ı ı ı ıı

ı ı ı ı ı ı

ı ı ı ı

Next, follow the items presented in Table 17.

ı ıı ı ı

ı ıı Action Mantra to recite

Starting with , then

ı

13 opening your palms, move both hands

in a circular motion towards your heart.
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 With hands in , recite
Action Mantra to recite

Repeat the above action

ı

Repeat the above action

ı

Table 17: 14

With hands in , recite Cover both your hands with the upper cloth you are wearing, join your hands
and raise them to the level of your face. Open yours palms such that they face
you, as shown in Figure 6(a) Recite the following as many
as times as resolved in the in Section 12. The counting is done
with fingers on both your hands in the following way. The left hand is used
for counting the units while the right hand is used for counting the tens. The
counting on the left hand is shown in Figure 6(b). The counting is done in a
similar way in your right hand.

Then, follow the items presented in Table 18.

Action Mantra to recite

Touch top of the head with
right fingers
Touch tip of the nose with right
fingers (a) Posture for (b) Counting procedure for
(According to some, upper cloth rests on the left shoulder.)

Touch chest with right fingers

Figure 6: Posture and counting procedure for .

With hands in

ı ı ı ı ı
Table 18: for ıı
ı

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The items in this Section is applicable to people who have undergone -

under an . Recite the of your .
Now, do the as described in Section 2 with the
instead of the . This is performed three Now, recite the as many times as resolved for
times. Then, follow the items presented in Table 19. .

16
Action Mantra to recite
Touch top of the Peform as described in Section 2, three times. Come to the
head with right posture as mentioned in Section 3 and recite
fingers

Touch tip of the

nose with right
fingers Stand up and follow the items presented in Table 20.
Touch chest with Action Mantra to recite
right fingers
Touch top of the head
With hands in with right fingers
Touch tip of the nose with
Table 19: for right fingers
Touch chest with right
With hands in , recite
fingers
With hands in

Table 20: for

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With hands in , recite ı ı ı

ı ı ı ı

ıı ı ı ı
ı
ı
It is also a practice to do the here instead of doing it soon
ı ı
after . In this case, peform the items presented in
ı ı
Section 15.

17

Follow the items presented in Table 21.

ı ı ı

ı ı ı
Action Mantra to recite ı ı

Touch top of the head ı ı

with right fingers
18
Touch tip of the nose with Follow the items presented in Table 22.
right fingers
Touch chest with right Action Mantra to recite
fingers
Face east with hands
With hands in in

Face south with hands

Table 21: for in

Face west with hands

With hands in , recite
in
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 Action Mantra to recite
choose from column two of Table 70 based on your gotram
Face north with hands
(if there are three in your )
in
(if there are five in your )
Face east with hands choose from column one of Table 70
in choose from column two of Table 71 based on your branch of veda
choose from column one of Table 71 based on your branch of veda
With hands in

say your name

Immediately come to a posture as shown on the right side of Figure 7 and then
Table 22:
stand erect.
19
20
Come to a posture as shown on the left side of Figure 7. Recite
Follow the items presented in Table 23.

Action Mantra to recite

Face east with hands in

Face south with hands in

Figure 7: Posture for .

Face west with hands in

choose from column two of Table 70 based on your gotram
(if there are three in your ) Face north with hands in
(if there are five in your )
choose from column one of Table 70
Continued ...
choose from column two of Table 71 based on your branch of veda
choose from column one of Table 71 based on your branch of veda

say your name

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 Action Mantra to recite
Facing east, with hands in
, look above
With hands in , look
below Perform as described in Section 19 and follow it up with an
, as described in Section 1. Sprinkle some water on the place you
With hands in , look
performed the a , and then recite
towards the sky

With hands in , look

ı
towards the earth
With hands in , think Recite
of the Lord in the Sun’s orbit

Table 23:

With hands in , recite ten times.

21

With hands in , recite

-
-

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