Devanagari scriptव्यास उवाच शृणुध्वं मुनयः सर्वम् आख्यानं विदितात्मनाम् विहितं यतिभिर् वृद्धैः कपिलादिभिर् ईश्वरैः //
TranslationIni adalah sloka ketiga—hakikat dharma, artha, kama, dan moksha dijelaskan secara ringkas.
Word by Wordśṛṇudhvamlisten (you all) ākhyānamnarrative, account vidita-ātmanāmof the self-knowing (ones) vihitamprescribed, laid down vṛddhaiḥby the elder/aged kapila-ādibhiḥby Kapila and others īśvaraiḥby the lords/masters 
SpeakerVyāsa addressing the sages.