They should be practiced eight times in each yāma (3-hour period), each day;They always accumulate merit and destroy the mass of sins.

Aṣṭadhā — eight times — indicates the recommended frequency.Yāme yāme — in each yāma.A yāma is a period of approximately three hours;the day has eight yāmas.Thus, intensive practice would imply 64 daily repetitions.

In modern practice, this is interpreted more loosely: practicing multiple times a day in distributed sessions, gradually increasing according to ability.

Puṇya-sambhāra-sandhāyi — accumulate merit.These practices generate puṇya (spiritual merit) that purifies karma.Pāpa-ogha-bhiduram — destroy the mass of sins.Karmic obstacles dissolve through constant practice, accelerating spiritual progress.