आतिष्ठद्गु जपन्सन्ध्या प्रक्रान्तामायतीगवम् ।
प्रातस्तरां पतत्रिभ्यः प्रबुद्धः प्रणमन्रविम् ॥

Karandikar (He) who got up at dawn earlier than the birds, recited (the gayatri mantra being the prayer to the dawn bowing to the sun from the time of the arrival of the cows for milking (in the stable) till they had been milked.

छन्दः अनुष्टुप् [८]

छन्दोविश्लेषणम्