Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 3.14.32
SB 3.14.32
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athopaspṛśya salilaṁ prāṇān āyamya vāg-yataḥ dhyāyañ jajāpa virajaṁ brahma jyotiḥ sanātanam
Translation
Thereafter the brāhmaṇa took his bath in the water and controlled his speech by practicing trance, meditating on the eternal effulgence and chanting the holy Gāyatrī hymns within his mouth.