Shloka 32

धर्मनिन्दा–धर्मोपासनाफलम् तथा साध्वाचारलक्षणम्

Fruits of Disparaging vs. Observing Dharma; Marks of Good Conduct

Devanagari script

गृहस्थव्रतमातिष्ठन्‌ द्वेिकालकृतभोजन: । शेषाशी विजिताहारो निष्कामो निरहंवद:

Transliteration

gṛhastha-vratam ātiṣṭhan dvikāla-kṛta-bhojanaḥ | śeṣāśī vijitāhāro niṣkāmo nirahaṃvadaḥ ||

Translation

قال مهاديڤا: «ملازمًا نذرَ ربّ البيت، فليأكل مرتين فقط في اليوم. وليأكل مما بقي بعد القرابين، وليضبط شهوته، وليكن منزّهًا عن الرغبة، ناطقًا بلا كِبْر. وبهذه الرياضة ليؤدِّ قرابين البيت على وجهها، ويكرم الضيوف ولا سيما أهل العلم، ويرعى النيران المقدّسة مع تلاوة المانترا، ويلتمس خيرَ جميع الفَرْنات ورفعتها. ومن عاش كذلك تطهّر ونال منزلة أسمى وميلادًا مباركًا.»

Word by Word

• गृहस्थव्रतम्: the householder’s vow/duty
• गृहस्थव्रतम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: गृहस्थव्रत
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• आतिष्ठन्: observing / undertaking
• आतिष्ठन्: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: स्था (आ-स्था)
• Form: Present, Third, Singular, Parasmaipada, Lat, present active participle (शतृ) used predicatively

• द्विकालकृतभोजनः: one who eats (only) at two times (a day)
• द्विकालकृतभोजनः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: द्विकालकृतभोजन
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• शेषाशी: eating only what remains (after offerings/guests)
• शेषाशी: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: शेषाशिन्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• विजिताहारः: having conquered/controlled food (diet)
• विजिताहारः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: विजिताहार
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• निष्कामः: desireless
• निष्कामः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: निष्काम
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• निरहंवदः: not speaking in terms of ‘I’ (free from egoistic talk)
• निरहंवदः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: निरहंवद
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

Speaker

श्रीमहेश्वर उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Śrīmahēśvara (Mahādeva/Śiva)
• gṛhastha (householder)
• yajña (sacrifice)
• agnihotra
• three sacred fires (gārhapatya, āhavanīya, dakṣiṇa)
• brāhmaṇas
• varṇas (social orders)
• vaiśya
• kṣatriya-kula (kṣatriya lineage)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse teaches gṛhastha-dharma as disciplined living: eat moderately (twice daily), consume only what remains after offerings and hospitality, restrain appetite, abandon selfish desire, and act without ego—supporting society through sacrifice, reverence to the learned, and proper tending of the sacred fires.

What is happening in the narrative?

In Anuśāsana Parva’s instruction section, Mahādeva is presented as advising the proper conduct and ritual-ethical duties of a householder (especially framed for a vaiśya), describing how such practice purifies a person and leads to elevated status and auspicious future birth.