Shloka 36
Rudra-Śiva: Names, Two Natures, and the Logic of Epithets (रुद्रनाम-बहुरूपत्व-प्रकरणम्)
भैक्षचर्या परो धर्मो नित्ययज्ञोपवीतिता । नित्यं स्वाध्यायिता धर्मों ब्रह्म॒चर्याश्रमस्तथा
bhaikṣacaryā paro dharmo nitya-yajñopavītitā | nityaṁ svādhyāyitā dharmo brahmacaryāśramas tathā ||
摩诃提婆说道：对梵行学徒（brahmacārin）而言，至高之法是行“乞食之行”（bhaikṣacaryā）——出入村落乞取食物，携回奉献于师。又当恒常佩戴圣线（yajñopavīta），日日自诵自习吠陀（svādhyāya），并坚定不移地遵守梵行住（brahmacarya-āśrama）的一切戒律；此即梵行者之主要行持与生活之道。
श्रीमहेश्वर उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse defines the brahmacārin’s highest dharma as disciplined dependence on alms offered to the guru, together with constant wearing of the sacred thread, daily Vedic study (svādhyāya), and faithful observance of the brahmacarya-āśrama rules—framing education as an ethical and ascetic training, not merely acquisition of knowledge.
Śrī Maheśvara is instructing about āśrama-dharma, specifically outlining the prescribed conduct of a Vedic student (brahmacārin) and emphasizing the daily practices that sustain and symbolize that life of restraint, service, and study.