Shloka 43
Rudra-Śiva: Names, Two Natures, and the Logic of Epithets (रुद्रनाम-बहुरूपत्व-प्रकरणम्)
दम्पत्यो: समशीलत्वं धर्म: स्याद् गृहमेधिन: । गृह्माणां चैव देवानां नित्यपुष्पबलिक्रिया
dampatyoḥ samaśīlatvaṃ dharmaḥ syād gṛhamedhinaḥ | gṛhyāṇāṃ caiva devānāṃ nityapuṣpabalikriyā ||
قال المهاديڤا: «إن dharma لأهل البيت أن يكون الزوج والزوجة على انسجامٍ في السلوك والخلق. وللآلهة القاطنة في الدار ينبغي أن تُقام شعيرةُ القربان اليومية على الدوام—بتقديم الزهور و”بَلي“ (bali)، أي قرابين الطعام—بانتظام.»
श्रीमहेश्वर उवाच
Educational Q&A
A householder’s dharma rests on concord between spouses—shared, harmonious conduct—and on steady daily domestic worship, expressed through regular offerings (flowers and bali) to the household deities.
Śrīmaheśvara is instructing about gṛhastha-dharma (the duties of household life), defining it through two pillars: ethical harmony within marriage and the consistent performance of daily home-ritual offerings to the deities associated with the household.