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 ||
शूद्राचे अन्न न स्वीकारणे हा (ब्राह्मणाचा) धर्म आहे; तसेच सत्पथाचे सेवनही धर्म आहे. नित्य उपवास-व्रत आणि ब्रह्मचर्याचे पालन हेही धर्मच आहे.
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.