Shloka 45

Rudra-Śiva: Names, Two Natures, and the Logic of Epithets (रुद्रनाम-बहुरूपत्व-प्रकरणम्)

Devanagari script

एष द्विजजने धर्मो गा्हस्थ्यो लोकधारण: । द्विजानां च सतां नित्यं सदैवैष प्रवर्तते,झाड़-बुहार, लीप-पोतकर स्वच्छ किये हुए घरमें घृतयुक्त आहुति करके उसका धुआँ फैलाना चाहिये। यह ब्राह्मणोंका गार्हस्थ्य धर्म बतलाया, जो संसारकी रक्षा करनेवाला है। अच्छे ब्राह्मणोंके यहाँ सदा ही इस धर्मका पालन किया जाता है

Transliteration

eṣa dvijajane dharmo gārhasthyo lokadhāraṇaḥ | dvijānāṁ ca satāṁ nityaṁ sadaivaiṣa pravartate ||

Translation

ఇది ద్విజుల గార్హస్థ్యధర్మం—లోకాన్ని ధారించి నిలుపునది. సద్బ్రాహ్మణులలో ఇది నిత్యం ఆచరణలో ఉంటుంది; వారికి ఇది ఎల్లప్పుడూ వర్తించే నియమమే.

Word by Word

• [{'term': 'eṣa', 'definition': 'this (presently stated rule/practice)'}, {'term': 'dvija', 'definition': '‘twice-born’

• traditionally Brahmins, Kshatriyas, and Vaishyas after initiation'}, {'term': 'dvijajana', 'definition': 'the community/class of the twice-born'}, {'term': 'dharmaḥ', 'definition': 'duty

• sustaining law'}, {'term': 'gārhasthyaḥ', 'definition': 'pertaining to the householder stage (gṛhastha-āśrama)'}, {'term': 'lokadhāraṇaḥ', 'definition': 'world-sustaining

• that which supports social order and life'}, {'term': 'satām', 'definition': 'of the good/virtuous people'}, {'term': 'nityam', 'definition': 'always

• as a constant practice'}, {'term': 'sadaiva', 'definition': 'at all times

• ever'}, {'term': 'pravartate', 'definition': 'is carried on

Speaker

श्रीमहेश्वर उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Śrī Maheśvara (speaker)
• dvija (twice-born)
• gārhasthya-dharma (householder dharma)
• loka (the world)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse affirms that the householder’s dharma for the twice-born is not merely personal piety but a world-sustaining discipline; among the virtuous it is maintained continuously as a stable norm.

What is happening in the narrative?

Maheśvara is instructing about proper conduct, emphasizing the gārhasthya mode of life as a foundational support of society, and noting that good Brahmins keep this discipline as an ongoing practice.