Shloka 25
Rudra-Śiva: Names, Two Natures, and the Logic of Epithets (रुद्रनाम-बहुरूपत्व-प्रकरणम्)
श्रीमहेश्वर उवाच अहिंसा सत्यवचनं सर्वभूतानुकम्पनम् । शमो दानं यथाशक्ति गार्हस्थ्यो धर्म उत्तम:
śrīmaheśvara uvāca: ahiṃsā satyavacanaṃ sarvabhūtānukampanam | śamo dānaṃ yathāśakti gārhasthyo dharma uttamaḥ ||
シュリー・マヘーシュヴァラは言った。「おおデーヴィよ、家住の生を送る者にとっての最上のダルマとはこれである。いかなる生きものにも害を加えぬこと、言葉に真実を守ること、あらゆる生類に憐れみを向けること、自己を制し（心を鎮め、諸感官を統べること）、そして力に応じて施しをなすこと。」
श्रीमहेश्वर उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse defines the supreme dharma of a householder as a fivefold ethical discipline: non-violence, truthfulness, compassion to all beings, self-restraint, and charity proportionate to one’s means.
In Anuśāsana Parva’s instructional setting, Śrī Maheśvara addresses Devī and enumerates the principal virtues that constitute ideal conduct for the gārhasthya (householder) stage of life.