Shikshapatri 187

Taking bath, performing Sandhya Vandan, repeating Gayatri-MantraMantra1) A repeated word or phrase. 2) A sacred verbal phrase repeated in prayer, or meditation, such as ‘Swãminãrãyan’. Wicked people use mantras to cast evil curses.Tap to open in glossary → performing VishnuVishnuThe dev of sustenance. Part of the trimurti. He lives in Vaikunth with his wife Lakshmi.Tap to open in glossary →-Pooja and Vaishvadeva YagnaYagnaSacrificial worship. Ceremonial ritual performed as a form of worship to seek the good favour and receive the blessings of the devs. Different items, such as ghee, grains, wood, and spices, are offered into a sacred pit of fire in accordance with strict scriptural niyams with the chanting of mantras that are prescribed in the Veds.Tap to open in glossary →: - are some of the daily religious duties of Brahmins in general. Among these rituals the Naishtika Brahmacharins shall perform every rite and ritual which is proper to their Ashrama the mode of life. Without doing such religious duties, they shall not take food. (187)*