Shloka 30

Devanagari script

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

Transliteration

sañjaya uvāca |

varṇāḥ svakarmaniratā na ca steno ’tra dṛśyate |

dīrghāyuṣo mahārāja jarāmṛtyuvivarjitāḥ ||

Translation

三阇耶说道：“在那片土地上，各阶序之人都安住于各自所规定的本分，那里也不见盗贼。伟大的王啊，那座岛上的居民寿命绵长，不受衰老之苦，亦超越死亡。”

Word by Word

वर्णाःthe social classes (varṇas)

स्वकर्मनिरताःengaged in their own duties

नnot

चand

स्तेनःa thief

अत्रhere/there (in that place)

दृश्यतेis seen/appears

दीर्घायुषःlong-lived

महाराजO great king

जरामृत्युविवर्जिताःfree from old age and death

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

Sanjaya

Mahārāja (Dhṛtarāṣṭra)

the island (dvīpa)

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

War Context

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Geographic Context

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

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.

What is happening in the narrative?

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.