Shloka 43
Devanagari script
दम्पत्यो: समशीलत्वं धर्म: स्याद् गृहमेधिन: । गृह्माणां चैव देवानां नित्यपुष्पबलिक्रिया
Transliteration
dampatyoḥ samaśīlatvaṃ dharmaḥ syād gṛhamedhinaḥ | gṛhyāṇāṃ caiva devānāṃ nityapuṣpabalikriyā ||
Translation
दम्पत्योः समशीलत्वं धर्मः स्याद् गृहमेधिनः । गृह्याणां चैव देवानां नित्यपुष्पबलिक्रिया ॥
Word by Word
दम्पत्योःof the husband and wife (of the couple)
दम्पत्योः:
Adhikarana
TypeNoun
Rootदम्पती
FormMasculine, Genitive, Dual
समशीलत्वम्similarity of conduct/temperament
समशीलत्वम्:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootसमशीलत्व
FormNeuter, Nominative, Singular
धर्मःduty; righteousness
धर्मः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootधर्म
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
स्यात्should be; may be
स्यात्:
TypeVerb
Rootअस् (भू)
FormOptative (Vidhi-lin), 3rd, Singular
गृहमेधिनःof the householder
गृहमेधिनः:
Adhikarana
TypeNoun
Rootगृहमेधिन्
FormMasculine, Genitive, Singular
गृह्माणाम्of the householders
गृह्माणाम्:
Adhikarana
TypeNoun
Rootगृह्म
FormMasculine, Genitive, Plural
चand
च:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootच
एवindeed; just
एव:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootएव
देवानाम्of/for the gods
देवानाम्:
Sampradana
TypeNoun
Rootदेव
FormMasculine, Genitive, Plural
नित्यdaily; constant
नित्य:
TypeAdjective
Rootनित्य
FormFeminine, Nominative, Singular
पुष्पflower(s)
पुष्प:
TypeNoun
Rootपुष्प
FormNeuter, Stem (compound member)
बलिoffering; oblation
बलि:
TypeNoun
Rootबलि
FormMasculine, Stem (compound member)
क्रियाact; rite; performance
क्रिया:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootक्रिया
FormFeminine, Nominative, Singular
Speaker
श्रीमहेश्वर उवाच
Characters & Entities
Ś
Śrīmaheśvara (Mahādeva/Śiva)G
gṛhya-devāḥ (household deities)D
dampatī (husband and wife)Character Dynamics
Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)
Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)
Philosophical Teaching
Political Layer
Geographic Context
Meter (Chandas)
Sandhi Notes
Educational Q&A
A householder’s dharma rests on concord between spouses—shared, harmonious conduct—and on steady daily domestic worship, expressed through regular offerings (flowers and bali) to the household deities.
Śrīmaheśvara is instructing about gṛhastha-dharma (the duties of household life), defining it through two pillars: ethical harmony within marriage and the consistent performance of daily home-ritual offerings to the deities associated with the household.