Shloka 111
Rudra-Śiva: Names, Two Natures, and the Logic of Epithets (रुद्रनाम-बहुरूपत्व-प्रकरणम्)
नित्य यज्ञका अनुष्ठान और धर्मका पालन करना चाहिये। देवपूजा और श्राद्धमें प्रीति रखना चाहिये। उछ्छवृत्तिसे उपार्जित किये हुए अन्नके द्वारा सबका आतिथ्य-सत्कार करना ऋषियोंका परम कर्तव्य है ।।
nivṛttir upabhogeṣu gorasānāṁ śame ratiḥ | sthaṇḍile śayane yogaḥ śākaparṇaniṣevaṇam ||
Mahādeva teaches the discipline of a restrained, dharma-rooted life: withdraw from indulgent enjoyments, delight in inner calm, sleep on bare ground as a practice of austerity, and live simply on greens and leaves. Such self-control supports the larger duties of righteousness—regular sacrifice, reverence to the gods, honoring ancestors through śrāddha, and offering hospitality with honestly obtained food—held to be a foremost obligation of the sages.
श्रीमहेश्वर उवाच
Educational Q&A
Cultivate nivṛtti (restraint) from sensual indulgence, take joy in śama (inner peace), and adopt simple living—minimal bedding and simple food—as a practical yoga of self-discipline that strengthens one’s capacity to uphold dharma.
In Anuśāsana Parva, Śrī Mahādeva is presented as instructing on righteous conduct. This verse lists concrete ascetic practices and attitudes that characterize the ideal sage-like life and support broader religious and social duties such as worship, ancestral rites, and hospitality.