Shloka 44
Rudra-Śiva: Names, Two Natures, and the Logic of Epithets (रुद्रनाम-बहुरूपत्व-प्रकरणम्)
नित्योपलेपनं धर्मस्तथा नित्योपवासिता । पति और पत्नीका स्वभाव एक-सा होना चाहिये। यह गृहस्थका धर्म है। घरके देवताओंकी प्रतिदिन पुष्पोंद्वारा पूजा करना, उन्हें अन्नकी बलि समर्पित करना, रोज-रोज घर लीपना और प्रतिदिन व्रत रखना भी गृहस्थका धर्म है ।।
nityopalepanaṁ dharmas tathā nityopavāsitā | susammṛṣṭopalipte ca sājya-dhūmo bhaved gṛhe ||
Wika ni Śrī Maheśvara: “Para sa isang maybahay, tungkulin ang palagiang pagpapahid at paglilinis upang maging dalisay ang tahanan, at ang regular na pag-aayuno o pagtalima sa mga panatang may disiplina. Sa bahay na maayos na nawalis at bagong napahiran, dapat maghandog ng mga alay na may ghee upang ang usok na nagpapabanal ay lumaganap sa buong tahanan. Ito ang ipinahahayag na dharma ng Brahmin sa yugto ng maybahay—tagapangalaga ng daigdig—na patuloy na isinasagawa sa mga tahanan ng mga banal.”
श्रीमहेश्वर उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse frames household cleanliness and disciplined observance (regular plastering/purification of the home, and regular fasting/vows) as essential gṛhastha-dharma, and adds that ghee-offerings producing sanctifying smoke in a well-cleaned, plastered house are part of the Brahmin householder’s protective duty toward social and cosmic order.
Śrī Maheśvara is instructing about proper conduct for householders—especially Brahmin householders—describing concrete daily practices of cleanliness and ritual offering that sustain dharma and are said to contribute to the welfare and protection of the world.