Shloka 41
Rudra-Śiva: Names, Two Natures, and the Logic of Epithets (रुद्रनाम-बहुरूपत्व-प्रकरणम्)
यज्ञश्न परमो धर्मस्तथाहिंसा च देहिषु । अपूर्वभोजनं धर्मो विघसाशित्वमेव च
yajñaśnaḥ paramo dharmas tathāhiṃsā ca dehiṣu | apūrvabhojanaṃ dharmo vighasāśitvam eva ca ||
摩诃提婆说道：“对家住者而言，至上之法，是以祭祀所分得的清净之食而食；同样，对一切有情行不害（ahimsa）亦是法。又法在于：未先饱众，不可先食；并当作‘食余者’（vighasāśin）而住——待家人皆已受食之后，方食其余。”
श्रीमहेश्वर उवाच
Educational Q&A
Dharma for a responsible householder is framed as sanctified consumption and compassionate restraint: treat eating as connected to yajña (not selfish pleasure), avoid harming living beings, and prioritize feeding dependents/others before oneself—ideally eating only what remains (vighasa).
Śrī Mahādeva is instructing on norms of righteous conduct, emphasizing everyday ethics—food, non-violence, and household responsibility—as integral to dharma rather than merely ritual observance.