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Shloka 43

Rudra-Śiva: Names, Two Natures, and the Logic of Epithets (रुद्रनाम-बहुरूपत्व-प्रकरणम्)

दम्पत्यो: समशीलत्वं धर्म: स्याद्‌ गृहमेधिन: । गृह्माणां चैव देवानां नित्यपुष्पबलिक्रिया

dampatyoḥ samaśīlatvaṃ dharmaḥ syād gṛhamedhinaḥ | gṛhyāṇāṃ caiva devānāṃ nityapuṣpabalikriyā ||

ഗൃഹസ്ഥന്റെ ധർമ്മം ഭർത്താവും ഭാര്യയും സ്വഭാവത്തിലും ആചാരത്തിലും സമരസരാകുന്നതാണ്. കൂടാതെ വീട്ടിൽ വസിക്കുന്ന ദേവതകൾക്കായി നിത്യമായി പുഷ്പാർപ്പണവും ബലി (അന്നനിവേദ്യം) യും ചെയ്യുന്ന നിത്യകർമ്മം നടത്തണം.

दम्पत्योःof the husband and wife (of the couple)
दम्पत्योः:
Adhikarana
TypeNoun
Rootदम्पती
FormMasculine, Genitive, Dual
समशीलत्वम्similarity of conduct/temperament
समशीलत्वम्:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootसमशीलत्व
FormNeuter, Nominative, Singular
धर्मःduty; righteousness
धर्मः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootधर्म
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
स्यात्should be; may be
स्यात्:
TypeVerb
Rootअस् (भू)
FormOptative (Vidhi-lin), 3rd, Singular
गृहमेधिनःof the householder
गृहमेधिनः:
Adhikarana
TypeNoun
Rootगृहमेधिन्
FormMasculine, Genitive, Singular
गृह्माणाम्of the householders
गृह्माणाम्:
Adhikarana
TypeNoun
Rootगृह्म
FormMasculine, Genitive, Plural
and
:
TypeIndeclinable
Root
एवindeed; just
एव:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootएव
देवानाम्of/for the gods
देवानाम्:
Sampradana
TypeNoun
Rootदेव
FormMasculine, Genitive, Plural
नित्यdaily; constant
नित्य:
TypeAdjective
Rootनित्य
FormFeminine, Nominative, Singular
पुष्पflower(s)
पुष्प:
TypeNoun
Rootपुष्प
FormNeuter, Stem (compound member)
बलिoffering; oblation
बलि:
TypeNoun
Rootबलि
FormMasculine, Stem (compound member)
क्रियाact; rite; performance
क्रिया:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootक्रिया
FormFeminine, Nominative, Singular

श्रीमहेश्वर उवाच

Ś
Śrīmaheśvara (Mahādeva/Śiva)
G
gṛhya-devāḥ (household deities)
D
dampatī (husband and wife)

Educational Q&A

A householder’s dharma rests on concord between spouses—shared, harmonious conduct—and on steady daily domestic worship, expressed through regular offerings (flowers and bali) to the household deities.

Śrīmaheśvara is instructing about gṛhastha-dharma (the duties of household life), defining it through two pillars: ethical harmony within marriage and the consistent performance of daily home-ritual offerings to the deities associated with the household.