Shloka 67
Rudra-Śiva: Names, Two Natures, and the Logic of Epithets (रुद्रनाम-बहुरूपत्व-प्रकरणम्)
षडिमानि तु कर्माणि प्रोवाच भुवनेश्वर: । वृत्त्यर्थ ब्राह्मणानां वै शृणु धर्मानू सनातनान्
ṣaḍ imāni tu karmāṇi provāca bhuvaneśvaraḥ | vṛttyarthaṃ brāhmaṇānāṃ vai śṛṇu dharmānū sanātanān |
Śrī Maheśvara dijo: «El Señor de los mundos ha declarado estos seis deberes como medio de sustento para los brahmanes. Escuchad: éstos son los antiguos y perdurables preceptos del dharma para ellos».
श्रीमहेश्वर उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse introduces a normative dharma framework: Brahmins are to sustain themselves through a set of six sanctioned duties, presented as ancient and authoritative, aligning livelihood with ethical order rather than arbitrary gain.
Śrī Maheśvara begins an instruction by announcing that the ‘Lord of the worlds’ has prescribed six traditional occupations for Brahmins and invites the listener to hear these enduring dharmic rules.