Shloka 47
Pratyakṣa–Āgama–Ācāra: Doubt, Proof, and the Practice of Dharma (प्रत्यक्ष–आगम–आचारविचारः)
आत्मानमुपजीवन् यो नियतो नियताशन:
ātmānam upajīvan yo niyato niyatāśanaḥ
Махадева сказал: «Тот, кто живёт, опираясь лишь на самого себя, — дисциплинированный и умеренный в пище, — описывается как утверждённый в самообуздании и самодостаточности.»
श्रीमहेश्वर उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse highlights self-sufficiency and discipline: a person should sustain life through one’s own steady effort and remain restrained, especially by regulating food—an ethical foundation for tapas, clarity, and dharmic conduct.
Maheśvara is speaking in an instructive mode, describing the qualities of an ideal disciplined person. The line functions as part of a larger didactic passage on restraint and right living.