Shloka 49
Rudra-Śiva: Names, Two Natures, and the Logic of Epithets (रुद्रनाम-बहुरूपत्व-प्रकरणम्)
तस्य राज्ञ: परो धर्मो दम: स्वाध्याय एव च | अग्निहोत्रपरिस्पन्दो दानाध्ययनमेव च
tasya rājñaḥ paro dharmo damaḥ svādhyāya eva ca | agnihotra-parispando dānādhyayanam eva ca ||
وأمّا ذلك الملك فأعلى الدharma له هي كبح النفس (دَمَة) والمواظبة على دراسة التعليم المقدّس؛ وكذلك الاجتهاد في إقامة الأَغْنِيهوترا، مع الصدقة والتعلّم. وهكذا يصوغ مهيشفرا برّ الملك لا بوصفه سلطانًا مجرّدًا، بل سلوكًا منضبطًا تسنده الممارسة الڤيدية والعلم والسخاء.
श्रीमहेश्वर उवाच
Educational Q&A
A king’s supreme dharma is inner discipline (dama) supported by sacred learning (svādhyāya/adhyayana), sustained ritual responsibility (Agnihotra), and outward generosity (dāna). Kingship is validated by restraint, learning, and beneficence rather than force alone.
Śrīmaheśvara is instructing about the standards of righteous conduct for a king, listing the principal practices that uphold royal dharma: self-control, scriptural study, faithful performance of the Agnihotra rite, and charity.