Shloka 71

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

Devanagari script

पज्चयज्ञविशुद्धात्मा सत्यवागनसूयक: । दाता ब्राह्मणसत्कर्ता सुसंसृष्टनिवेशन:

Transliteration

pañcayajñaviśuddhātmā satyavāg anasūyakaḥ | dātā brāhmaṇasatkartā susaṁsṛṣṭaniveśanaḥ ||

Translation

Mahādeva dijo: «Aquel cuya alma interior está purificada por los cinco grandes sacrificios (pañca-yajña); que dice la verdad y está libre de censura maliciosa; que es generoso y honra a los brahmanes; y cuyo hogar está bien ordenado y en armonía: tal persona encarna la disciplina ética que el dharma alaba.»

Word by Word

• पञ्चयज्ञविशुद्धात्मा: one whose self is purified by the five sacrifices
• पञ्चयज्ञविशुद्धात्मा: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पञ्चयज्ञविशुद्धात्मन्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• सत्यवाक्: truth-speaking
• सत्यवाक्: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सत्यवाच्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• अनसूयकः: free from envy/censure
• अनसूयकः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अनसूयक
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• दाता: giver, donor
• दाता: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: दातृ
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• ब्राह्मणसत्कर्ता: one who honors Brahmins
• ब्राह्मणसत्कर्ता: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: ब्राह्मणसत्कर्तृ
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• सुसंसृष्टनिवेशनः: having a well-ordered/pleasant dwelling (well-settled household)
• सुसंसृष्टनिवेशनः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सुसंसृष्टनिवेशन
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

Speaker

श्रीमहेश्वर उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Śrī Maheśvara (Mahādeva/Śiva)
• Brāhmaṇas

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse outlines marks of a dhārmic householder: purification through the pañcayajñas, truthful speech, freedom from fault-finding, generosity, honoring Brahmins, and maintaining an orderly, harmonious household.

What is happening in the narrative?

Śrī Maheśvara is describing virtues and conduct that characterize a righteous person, presenting a concise ethical profile within Anuśāsana Parva’s broader instruction on dharma.