Shloka 38
Rudra-Śiva: Names, Two Natures, and the Logic of Epithets (रुद्रनाम-बहुरूपत्व-प्रकरणम्)
शूद्रान्नवर्जनं धर्मस्तथा सत्पथसेवनम् । धर्मो नित्योपवासित्वं॑ ब्रह्मचर्य तथैव च
śūdrānna-varjanaṁ dharmas tathā satpatha-sevanam | dharmo nityopavāsitvaṁ brahmacarya tathaiva ca ||
Wika ni Śrī Maheśvara: “Para sa isang brāhmaṇa, tungkulin ang umiwas sa pagtanggap ng pagkain mula sa isang śūdra. Gayundin, ang pananatili sa mabuting landas—pakikisama sa matutuwid at pagsasabuhay ng wastong asal—ay dharma. Dharma rin ang palagiang pag-aayuno at ang pagtalima sa brahmacarya.”
श्रीमहेश्वर उवाच
Educational Q&A
Dharma is presented as disciplined conduct: maintaining prescribed boundaries in accepting food, actively following the righteous path (satpatha), and cultivating self-restraint through regular fasting and brahmacarya.
Maheśvara is instructing about dharma by listing concrete observances—social-ritual restraint regarding food and personal austerities—framing them as supports for ethical life and spiritual steadiness.