Shloka 38
Rudra-Śiva: Names, Two Natures, and the Logic of Epithets (रुद्रनाम-बहुरूपत्व-प्रकरणम्)
शूद्रान्नवर्जनं धर्मस्तथा सत्पथसेवनम् । धर्मो नित्योपवासित्वं॑ ब्रह्मचर्य तथैव च
śūdrānna-varjanaṁ dharmas tathā satpatha-sevanam | dharmo nityopavāsitvaṁ brahmacarya tathaiva ca ||
ശൂദ്രന്റെ അന്നം വर्जിക്കുന്നത് (ബ്രാഹ്മണന്) ധർമ്മം; സത്പഥം സേവിക്കുന്നതും ധർമ്മം. നിത്യ ഉപവാസവ്രതവും ബ്രഹ്മചര്യപാലനവും ധർമ്മം തന്നെയാണ്.
श्रीमहेश्वर उवाच
Educational Q&A
Dharma is presented as disciplined conduct: maintaining prescribed boundaries in accepting food, actively following the righteous path (satpatha), and cultivating self-restraint through regular fasting and brahmacarya.
Maheśvara is instructing about dharma by listing concrete observances—social-ritual restraint regarding food and personal austerities—framing them as supports for ethical life and spiritual steadiness.