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Shloka 106

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

तेषामग्निपरिस्पन्द: पितृणां चार्चन॑ तथा | यज्ञानां चैव पञ्चानां यजनं धर्म उच्यते

teṣām agni-parispandaḥ pitṝṇāṁ cārcanaṁ tathā | yajñānāṁ caiva pañcānāṁ yajñaṁ dharma ucyate ||

สำหรับพวกเขา การบำรุงไฟศักดิ์สิทธิ์ การบูชาปิตฤ และการประกอบยัญทั้งห้าประการ—สิ่งเหล่านี้แลประกาศว่าเป็นธรรม

तेषाम्of them
तेषाम्:
Adhikarana
TypePronoun
Rootतद्
FormMasculine/Neuter, Genitive, Plural
अग्नि-परिस्पन्दःthe kindling/stirring of the fire
अग्नि-परिस्पन्दः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootपरिस्पन्द
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
पितृणाम्of the ancestors (pitṛs)
पितृणाम्:
Sampradana
TypeNoun
Rootपितृ
FormMasculine, Genitive, Plural
and
:
TypeIndeclinable
Root
अर्चनम्worship/adoration
अर्चनम्:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootअर्चन
FormNeuter, Nominative, Singular
तथाlikewise/also
तथा:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootतथा
यज्ञानाम्of sacrifices
यज्ञानाम्:
Sampradana
TypeNoun
Rootयज्ञ
FormMasculine, Genitive, Plural
and
:
TypeIndeclinable
Root
एवindeed/just
एव:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootएव
पञ्चानाम्of the five
पञ्चानाम्:
TypeAdjective (Numeral)
Rootपञ्च
FormMasculine/Neuter, Genitive, Plural
यजनम्the act of sacrificing/performing sacrifice
यजनम्:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootयजन
FormNeuter, Nominative, Singular
धर्मःdharma (righteous duty)
धर्मः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootधर्म
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
उच्यतेis said/is called
उच्यते:
TypeVerb
Rootवच्
FormPresent, Passive, Third, Singular

श्रीमहेश्वर उवाच

Ś
Śrīmahēśvara (Mahādeva/Śiva)
A
Agni (sacred fire)
P
Pitṛs (ancestors)

Educational Q&A

Dharma is framed as lived, regular obligation: maintaining the sacred fire, honoring one’s ancestors, and performing the five prescribed sacrifices. Righteousness here is not abstract but expressed through sustained ritual and ethical responsibility.

Śrīmahēśvara is instructing the listener by defining what counts as dharma for the addressed group, emphasizing core household religious duties—fire-rites, ancestral offerings, and the fivefold sacrificial observances.