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Shloka 68

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

यजनं याजनं चैव तथा दानप्रतिग्रहौ । अध्यापनं चाध्ययनं षट्कर्मा धर्मभाग्‌ द्विज:

yajanaṃ yājanaṃ caiva tathā dāna-pratigrahau | adhyāpanaṃ cādhyayanaṃ ṣaṭkarmā dharma-bhāg dvijaḥ ||

తానే యజ్ఞం చేయుట, ఇతరులకు యజ్ఞం చేయించుట, దానం చేయుట, దానం స్వీకరించుట, వేదం బోధించుట, వేదం అధ్యయనం చేయుట—ఇవి ఆరు కర్మలు. వీటిలో స్థిరుడైన ద్విజ బ్రాహ్మణుడు ధర్మభాగి అవుతాడు.

यजनम्sacrificing; performing a sacrifice
यजनम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootयजन (यज्)
FormNeuter, Nominative/Accusative, Singular
याजनम्causing/assisting sacrifice; officiating for others
याजनम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootयाजन (यज्)
FormNeuter, Nominative/Accusative, Singular
and
:
TypeIndeclinable
Root
एवindeed; just
एव:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootएव
तथाlikewise; so
तथा:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootतथा
दानgiving; gift
दान:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootदान
FormNeuter, Nominative/Accusative, Singular
प्रतिग्रहौacceptance (of gifts) (twofold/paired with giving in the list)
प्रतिग्रहौ:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootप्रतिग्रह
FormMasculine, Nominative, Dual
अध्यापनम्teaching (the Veda)
अध्यापनम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootअध्यापन
FormNeuter, Nominative/Accusative, Singular
and
:
TypeIndeclinable
Root
अध्ययनम्studying (the Veda)
अध्ययनम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootअध्ययन
FormNeuter, Nominative/Accusative, Singular
षट्कर्माone whose duties are sixfold; performer of six acts
षट्कर्मा:
Karta
TypeNoun/Adjective
Rootषट् + कर्मन्
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
धर्मभाग्partaker of dharma; entitled to merit
धर्मभाग्:
Karta
TypeAdjective
Rootधर्म + भागिन्/भाग (भाग् as stem)
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
द्विजःa twice-born (Brahmin)
द्विजः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootद्विज
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular

श्रीमहेश्वर उवाच

Ś
Śrī Maheśvara (Mahādeva/Śiva)
D
dvija (brāhmaṇa)

Educational Q&A

The verse defines the brāhmaṇa’s sixfold dharmic duties—sacrificing, officiating, giving, accepting, teaching, and studying—and states that one who lives by these becomes a legitimate bearer and beneficiary of dharma, supporting social and spiritual order through learning, ritual responsibility, and regulated generosity.

Śrī Maheśvara is instructing about dharma by outlining the normative conduct (ṣaṭkarman) expected of a dvija/brāhmaṇa, presenting a concise rule of life that links personal discipline and public service to participation in dharma.