BRAAHME MUROORTE YAA NIDRAA SAA
PUNYAKSHAYAKAARINEEM,
TAAM KAROTI DVIJO MOHAAT
PAADKRICCHRENSHUDHYATI.
(A sleep during the time of Brahmamuhurta
destroys all the virtues, One who sleeps during this time commits a sin,
which can be atoned (PRAYASCHIT)
by performing PAADAKRICCHA
(There is no need for atonement in the case of a sick man or a man who
had been performing KEERTANA
the previous night.)