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Shloka 27

Devanagari script

एष पज्चविधो धर्मो बहुशाख: सुखोदय: । देहिभिर्थर्मपरमैक्षर्तव्यो धर्मसम्भव:

Transliteration

eṣa pañcavidho dharmo bahuśākhaḥ sukhodayaḥ | dehibhir dharmaparamaikṣitavyo dharmasambhavaḥ ||

Translation

ഇത് പഞ്ചവിധ ധർമ്മം—അനേകം ശാഖകളായി വ്യാപിച്ചു സുഖോന്നതി നൽകുന്നതു. ധർമ്മത്തെ പരമലക്ഷ്യമായി കരുതുന്ന ദേഹധാരികൾ ഈ ധർമ്മസംബവമായ ധർമ്മത്തെ ധ്യാനിച്ച് അനുഷ്ഠിക്കണം.

Word by Word

एषःthis

पञ्चविधःfivefold

धर्मःdharma; righteous duty

बहुशाखःhaving many branches; manifold

सुखोदयःbringing about happiness; source of happiness

देहिभिःby embodied beings

धर्मपरमैःby those for whom dharma is supreme

ईक्षितव्यःis to be observed/considered

धर्मसम्भवःarising from dharma; born of dharma

Speaker

श्रीमहेश्वर उवाच

Characters & Entities

Śrī Maheśvara (Śiva)

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Geographic Context

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Dharma is presented as a structured (fivefold) yet widely applicable path that generates true well-being; embodied people should keep dharma as their highest priority and actively contemplate and live by it.

What is happening in the narrative?

Maheśvara (Śiva), speaking as a teacher, summarizes the nature of dharma—its divisions, its many practical branches, and its beneficial fruits—urging listeners to make it the central focus of their conduct.