Yajur Veda:  Pratah  Sandhya Vandanam

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Gayatri upastanam

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Sankalpah

shrii bhagavadaaGYayaa shriimannaaraayaNa priityarthaM
praataH sandhyaa gaayatrii upasthaanaM karishhye

Nyasa

uttama ityanuvaakasya vaamadeva R^ishhiH     touch the head
anushhTup.h chhandaH                                    touch the nose
gaayatrii devataa                                             touch the chest
gaayatrii udvaasane viniyogaH

Mantra

uttame shikhare devii bhuumyaaM parvata muurdhani |
braahmaNebhyo hyanuGYaanaM gachchhadevi yathaa sukham.h ||

Perform the udvaasana mudra with the palms stand up and hold the palms in praNaama/namaste posture

oM | mitrasya charshhaNiidhR^itaH shravodevasya saanasim.h |
satyaM chitra shravastamam.h ||

mitrojanaan.h yaatayati prajaanan mitrodaadhaara pR^ithiviimuta dyaam.h |
mitraH kR^ishhTiiranimishhaabhichashhTe satyaaya havyaM ghR^itavadvidhema ||

prasamitra marto astu prayasvaanyasta aaditya shikshati vratena |
na hanyate na jiiyate tvoto nainama{gm}ho ashnotyantito na duuraat.h ||

 

 
 Sankalpah                   Nyasa (chest)
 
Mantra