Shloka 35
Rudra-Śiva: Names, Two Natures, and the Logic of Epithets (रुद्रनाम-बहुरूपत्व-प्रकरणम्)
श्रीमहेश्वर उवाच रहस्यश्रवणं धर्मो वेदव्रतनिषेवणम् । अग्निकार्य तथा धर्मों गुरुकार्यप्रसाधनम्
śrīmaheśvara uvāca: rahasyaśravaṇaṃ dharmo vedavrata-niṣevaṇam | agnikāryaṃ tathā dharmo gurukārya-prasādhanam ||
ಶ್ರೀಮಹೇಶ್ವರರು ಹೇಳಿದರು—ಧರ್ಮರಹಸ್ಯವನ್ನು ಶ್ರವಣ ಮಾಡುವುದು, ವೇದೋಕ್ತ ವ್ರತಗಳನ್ನು ಸೇವಿಸುವುದು (ಪಾಲಿಸುವುದು), ಅಗ್ನಿಕಾರ್ಯ (ಹೋಮ) ಮಾಡುವುದು, ಹಾಗೆಯೇ ಗುರುಕಾರ್ಯವನ್ನು ಸೇವೆಯಿಂದ ನೆರವೇರಿಸುವುದು—ಇದೇ ಬ್ರಹ್ಮಚರ್ಯಾಶ್ರಮದ ಧರ್ಮ.
श्रीमहेश्वर उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse defines the dharma of the brahmacārin (student): receive instruction through attentive hearing (especially of esoteric teachings), keep Vedic vows, maintain fire-rites, and fulfill service to the guru—linking knowledge, restraint, ritual, and humility as a single ethical discipline.
Śrī Maheśvara is instructing the listener about āśrama-dharma, specifically outlining the prescribed conduct for the brahmacarya stage of life, emphasizing learning under a teacher and sustaining practice through vows and ritual duties.