Translation:Mishnah/Seder Zeraim/Tractate Berakhot/Chapter 5/1/Translation

[One] should not stand up to pray unless he is in a serious frame of mind {lit. "heaviness of head"}.

The original pious ones used to wait one hour and then pray,

in order to direct their hearts towards the Omnipresent.

[While one is reciting Shemona Esrei,] even if a [Jewish] king greets him {lit. "asks about his welfare"}, he should not respond to him,

and even if a [non-poisonous] snake wraps around his heel, he should not interrupt [verbally].