Shloka 35

Rudra-Śiva: Names, Two Natures, and the Logic of Epithets (रुद्रनाम-बहुरूपत्व-प्रकरणम्)

Devanagari script

श्रीमहेश्वर उवाच रहस्यश्रवणं धर्मो वेदव्रतनिषेवणम्‌ । अग्निकार्य तथा धर्मों गुरुकार्यप्रसाधनम्‌

Transliteration

śrīmaheśvara uvāca: rahasyaśravaṇaṃ dharmo vedavrata-niṣevaṇam | agnikāryaṃ tathā dharmo gurukārya-prasādhanam ||

Translation

শ্ৰীমহেশ্বৰ ক’লে—ধৰ্মৰ ৰহস্য শ্ৰৱণ কৰা, বেদোক্ত ব্ৰত পালন কৰা, অগ্নিকাৰ্য (হোম) সম্পাদন কৰা, আৰু গুৰুকাৰ্য সেবাৰে সম্পন্ন কৰা—এইয়াই ব্ৰহ্মচৰ্যাশ্ৰমৰ ধৰ্ম।

Word by Word

• श्रीमहेश्वरः: Śrī Maheśvara (Lord Śiva)
• श्रीमहेश्वरः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: श्रीमहेश्वर
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• उवाच: said
• Type: Verb
• Root: वच्
• Form: Perfect, Third, Singular

• रहस्यश्रवणम्: hearing of the secret (teaching)
• रहस्यश्रवणम्: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: रहस्य-श्रवण
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

• धर्मः: is (a) duty / dharma
• Type: Noun
• Root: धर्म
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• वेदव्रतनिषेवणम्: practice/observance of Vedic vows
• वेदव्रतनिषेवणम्: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: वेद-व्रत-निषेवण
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

• अग्निकार्यम्: fire-rite; tending the sacred fire (homa etc.)
• अग्निकार्यम्: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: अग्नि-कार्य
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

• तथा: and also
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा

• धर्मः: is (a) duty / dharma
• Type: Noun
• Root: धर्म
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• गुरुकार्यप्रसाधनम्: accomplishing the teacher’s tasks (service to the guru)
• गुरुकार्यप्रसाधनम्: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: गुरु-कार्य-प्रसाधन
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

Speaker

श्रीमहेश्वर उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Śrī Maheśvara
• Veda
• Agni (sacred fire)
• Guru