Shloka 41
Rudra-Śiva: Names, Two Natures, and the Logic of Epithets (रुद्रनाम-बहुरूपत्व-प्रकरणम्)
यज्ञश्न परमो धर्मस्तथाहिंसा च देहिषु । अपूर्वभोजनं धर्मो विघसाशित्वमेव च
yajñaśnaḥ paramo dharmas tathāhiṃsā ca dehiṣu | apūrvabhojanaṃ dharmo vighasāśitvam eva ca ||
यज्ञशिष्ट अन्नाचे भोजन करणे हा त्याचा परम धर्म आहे; तसेच सर्व प्राण्यांप्रती अहिंसा. घरात प्रथम भोजन न करणे हेही धर्म; आणि विघसाशी राहणे—कुटुंबीयांना खाऊ घालून उरलेले अन्न खाणे—हेही धर्म आहे.
श्रीमहेश्वर उवाच
Educational Q&A
Dharma for a responsible householder is framed as sanctified consumption and compassionate restraint: treat eating as connected to yajña (not selfish pleasure), avoid harming living beings, and prioritize feeding dependents/others before oneself—ideally eating only what remains (vighasa).
Śrī Mahādeva is instructing on norms of righteous conduct, emphasizing everyday ethics—food, non-violence, and household responsibility—as integral to dharma rather than merely ritual observance.