Shloka 30

Varṇa-dharma and Rājadharma: Yudhiṣṭhira’s Inquiry and Bhīṣma’s Normative Outline (वर्णधर्म-राजधर्म-प्रश्नोत्तरम्)

Devanagari script

चौथा वर्ग मोक्ष है; उसके प्रयोजन और गुण इन तीनों वर्गोसे भिन्न हैं

Transliteration

caturthaḥ vargaḥ mokṣaḥ; tasya prayojanaṃ guṇāś ca eteṣāṃ trīṇāṃ vargāṇāṃ bhinnāḥ santi

Translation

Tujuan manusia yang keempat adalah Mokṣa; maksud dan sifatnya berbeda dari ketiga tujuan lainnya.

Word by Word

• चतुर्थः: the fourth
• चतुर्थः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: चतुर्थ
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• वर्गः: class/category
• वर्गः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: वर्ग
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• मोक्षः: liberation
• मोक्षः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: मोक्ष
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• अस्ति: is
• Type: Verb
• Root: अस्
• Form: Present, Third, Singular

• तस्य: of it/of that
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Genitive, Singular

• प्रयोजनम्: purpose/aim
• प्रयोजनम्: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रयोजन
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

• गुणाः: qualities
• गुणाः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: गुण
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• च: and
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च

• एते: these
• एते: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: एतद्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• त्रयः: three
• त्रयः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: त्रि
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• वर्गेभ्यः: from the classes/categories
• वर्गेभ्यः: Apadana
• Type: Noun
• Root: वर्ग
• Form: Masculine, Ablative, Plural

• भिन्नाः: different/distinct
• भिन्नाः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: भिन्न
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• सन्ति: are
• Type: Verb
• Root: अस्
• Form: Present, Third, Plural

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Bhishma
• Moksha