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ŚB 10.69.25

Devanagari

क्व‍ापि सन्ध्यामुपासीनं जपन्तं ब्रह्म वाग्यतम् ।
एकत्र चासिचर्माभ्यां चरन्तमसिवर्त्मसु ॥ २५ ॥

Text

kvāpi sandhyām upāsīnaṁ
japantaṁ brahma vāg-yatam
ekatra cāsi-carmābhyāṁ
carantam asi-vartmasu

Synonyms

kva api — somewhere; sandhyām — the rituals of sunset; upāsīnam — worshiping; japantam — quietly chanting; brahma — the Vedic mantra (Gāyatrī); vāk-yatam — controlling His speech; ekatra — in one place; ca — and; asi — with sword; carmābhyām — and shield; carantam — moving about; asi-vartmasu — in the corridors set aside for sword practice.

Translation

Somewhere Lord Kṛṣṇa was observing the rituals for worship at sunset by refraining from speech and quietly chanting the Gāyatrī mantra, and elsewhere He was moving about with sword and shield in the areas set aside for sword practice.

Purport

According to Śrīla Viśvanātha Cakravartī, the words sandhyām upāsīnam indicate sunset rituals, whereas the words asi-carmābhyāṁ carantam refer to sword practice, which takes place at dawn.