Shloka 25
Rudra-Śiva: Names, Two Natures, and the Logic of Epithets (रुद्रनाम-बहुरूपत्व-प्रकरणम्)
श्रीमहेश्वर उवाच अहिंसा सत्यवचनं सर्वभूतानुकम्पनम् । शमो दानं यथाशक्ति गार्हस्थ्यो धर्म उत्तम:
śrīmaheśvara uvāca: ahiṃsā satyavacanaṃ sarvabhūtānukampanam | śamo dānaṃ yathāśakti gārhasthyo dharma uttamaḥ ||
Wika ni Śrī Maheśvara: “O Devī, ang pinakamataas na dharma ng namumuhay bilang maybahay ay ito: huwag manakit ng alinmang nilalang, magsalita ng katotohanan, mahabag sa lahat ng may buhay, magpigil-sa-sarili (patahimikin ang isip at supilin ang mga pandama), at magbigay ng kawanggawa ayon sa kakayahan.”
श्रीमहेश्वर उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse defines the supreme dharma of a householder as a fivefold ethical discipline: non-violence, truthfulness, compassion to all beings, self-restraint, and charity proportionate to one’s means.
In Anuśāsana Parva’s instructional setting, Śrī Maheśvara addresses Devī and enumerates the principal virtues that constitute ideal conduct for the gārhasthya (householder) stage of life.