Shloka 69
Rudra-Śiva: Names, Two Natures, and the Logic of Epithets (रुद्रनाम-बहुरूपत्व-प्रकरणम्)
नित्य: स्वाध्यायिता धर्मो धर्मो यज्ञ: सनातन: । दान॑ प्रशस्यते चास्य यथाशक्ति यथाविधि
nityaḥ svādhyāyitā dharmo dharmo yajñaḥ sanātanaḥ | dānaṃ praśasyate cāsya yathāśakti yathāvidhi ||
Mahādeva disse: “O dharma deve ser praticado diariamente por meio do svādhyāya, o autoestudo; o próprio dharma é o sacrifício eterno. E, nesse modo de vida, o dar é louvado — feito conforme a capacidade de cada um e do modo correto.”
श्रीमहेश्वर उवाच
Educational Q&A
Dharma should be lived as a daily discipline grounded in svādhyāya; true sacrifice is not merely ritual but the ongoing practice of dharma itself, and dāna is especially praised when given within one’s means and in accordance with proper norms.
Śrīmaheśvara is instructing the listener on the essentials of righteous living, redefining yajña in ethical terms and emphasizing regulated, capacity-based charity as a valued expression of dharma.