Shloka 69
Rudra-Śiva: Names, Two Natures, and the Logic of Epithets (रुद्रनाम-बहुरूपत्व-प्रकरणम्)
नित्य: स्वाध्यायिता धर्मो धर्मो यज्ञ: सनातन: । दान॑ प्रशस्यते चास्य यथाशक्ति यथाविधि
nityaḥ svādhyāyitā dharmo dharmo yajñaḥ sanātanaḥ | dānaṃ praśasyate cāsya yathāśakti yathāvidhi ||
マハーデーヴァは言った。「ダルマはスヴァーディヤーヤ（自らの聖典学習）によって日々実践されねばならぬ。ダルマそのものが永遠の祭祀である。そしてこの生き方においては、施しが称えられる——力に応じ、しかるべき作法に従って行うのだ。」
श्रीमहेश्वर उवाच
Educational Q&A
Dharma should be lived as a daily discipline grounded in svādhyāya; true sacrifice is not merely ritual but the ongoing practice of dharma itself, and dāna is especially praised when given within one’s means and in accordance with proper norms.
Śrīmaheśvara is instructing the listener on the essentials of righteous living, redefining yajña in ethical terms and emphasizing regulated, capacity-based charity as a valued expression of dharma.