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Shloka 30

Yuga-Lakṣaṇa and Varṣa-Pramāṇa Inquiry (युगलक्षण–वर्षप्रमाण–प्रश्न)

वर्णा: स्वकर्मनिरता न च स्तेनोअत्र दृश्यते । दीर्घायुषो महाराज जरामृत्युविवर्जिता:,सभी वर्णके लोग वहाँ अपने-अपने वर्णाश्रमोचित कर्मका पालन करते हैं। वहाँ कोई चोर नहीं दिखायी देता। महाराज! उस द्वीपके निवासी दीर्घायु तथा जरा और मृत्युसे रहित होते हैं

sañjaya uvāca |

varṇāḥ svakarmaniratā na ca steno ’tra dṛśyate |

dīrghāyuṣo mahārāja jarāmṛtyuvivarjitāḥ ||

سنجے نے کہا—اس سرزمین میں تمام ورنوں کے لوگ اپنے اپنے مقررہ فرائض میں مشغول رہتے ہیں اور وہاں کوئی چور دکھائی نہیں دیتا۔ اے مہاراج! اس جزیرے کے باشندے دراز عمر ہیں اور بڑھاپے اور موت کی آفت سے پاک ہیں۔

वर्णाःthe social classes (varṇas)
वर्णाः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootवर्ण
FormMasculine, Nominative, Plural
स्वकर्मनिरताःengaged in their own duties
स्वकर्मनिरताः:
Karta
TypeAdjective
Rootस्वकर्मनिरत
FormMasculine, Nominative, Plural
not
:
TypeIndeclinable
Root
and
:
TypeIndeclinable
Root
स्तेनःa thief
स्तेनः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootस्तेन
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
अत्रhere/there (in that place)
अत्र:
Adhikarana
TypeIndeclinable
Rootअत्र
दृश्यतेis seen/appears
दृश्यते:
TypeVerb
Rootदृश्
FormPresent, Atmanepada, Third, Singular, Passive (karmani)
दीर्घायुषःlong-lived
दीर्घायुषः:
Karta
TypeAdjective
Rootदीर्घायु
FormMasculine, Nominative, Plural
महाराजO great king
महाराज:
TypeNoun
Rootमहाराज
FormMasculine, Vocative, Singular
जरामृत्युविवर्जिताःfree from old age and death
जरामृत्युविवर्जिताः:
Karta
TypeAdjective
Rootजरामृत्युविवर्जित
FormMasculine, Nominative, Plural

संजय उवाच

S
Sanjaya
M
Mahārāja (Dhṛtarāṣṭra)
T
the island (dvīpa)

Educational Q&A

The verse presents an ethical ideal: social harmony arises when people adhere to their own dharma (svakarma) and wrongdoing like theft disappears; it also portrays a mythic realm where the fruits of such order are extraordinary well-being and freedom from decay.

Sanjaya is reporting to King Dhṛtarāṣṭra a description of a distant island/realm, emphasizing its orderly society—everyone follows prescribed duties, no thieves are found, and the inhabitants enjoy exceptional longevity without old age or death.