Shloka 72
Rudra-Śiva: Names, Two Natures, and the Logic of Epithets (रुद्रनाम-बहुरूपत्व-प्रकरणम्)
अमानी च सदाजिद्ा: स्निग्धवाणीप्रदस्तथा । अतिथ्यभ्यागतरति: शेषान्नकृतभोजन:
amānī ca sadā jitendriyaḥ snigdhavāṇīpradaḥ tathā | ātithyābhyāgataratiḥ śeṣānna-kṛtabhojanaḥ ||
マヘーシュヴァラは言った。「彼は名誉への渇望を離れ、つねに自制している。言葉はやわらかく情愛に満ち、聞く者を慰めるように語る。客人や不意に訪れる者を迎えることを喜び、他の者が先に施しを受けたと確かめてから、残りを満ち足りて食するのだ。」
श्रीमहेश्वर उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse praises a dharmic character marked by humility (not seeking honor), mastery over the senses, gentle and beneficial speech, and active hospitality—placing the needs of guests and others before one’s own comfort, even to the point of eating only after serving them.
Śrīmaheśvara is describing the qualities of an exemplary person (a dharmic householder/virtuous individual), listing observable traits—self-restraint, kind speech, love of receiving guests, and self-effacing conduct in daily meals—as markers of righteousness.