Shloka 78
Rudra-Śiva: Names, Two Natures, and the Logic of Epithets (रुद्रनाम-बहुरूपत्व-प्रकरणम्)
अपना कल्याण चाहनेवाले पुरुषको सदा अपनी शक्तिके अनुसार दान करना चाहिये। सदा यज्ञ करना चाहिये और सदा ही पुष्टिजनक कर्म करते रहना चाहिये ।।
dharmeṇārthaḥ samāhāryo dharmalabdhaṃ tridhā dhanam | kartavyaṃ dharmaparamaṃ mānavena prayatnataḥ ||
Mahādeva mengajarkan bahawa seseorang yang menginginkan kesejahteraan sejati hendaklah memperoleh harta hanya melalui dharma. Harta yang diperoleh secara benar itu hendaklah dibahagi kepada tiga bahagian; dan dengan usaha yang berterusan, hendaklah ia sentiasa melakukan perbuatan yang mendahulukan dharma—seperti memberi menurut kemampuan, melaksanakan yajna, serta melakukan amalan yang menyuburkan dan menguatkan kehidupan.
श्रीमहेश्वर उवाच
Educational Q&A
Earn wealth only by righteous means (dharma), then structure its use responsibly—dividing dharma-earned wealth into three parts—and prioritize dharma in all actions, including giving according to capacity and sustaining sacrificial/beneficial duties.
In Anuśāsana Parva’s instruction-focused setting, Śrī Maheśvara speaks as a moral teacher, laying down a rule for household and social ethics: righteous acquisition of wealth and its disciplined, dharma-first deployment through ongoing duties like dāna and yajña.