Devanagari
धर्मार्थकाममोक्षाणां निमित्तान्यविरोधत: ।
वार्ताया दण्डनीतेश्च श्रुतस्य च विधिं पृथक् ॥ ३२ ॥
Verse text
dharmārtha-kāma-mokṣāṇāṁ
nimittāny avirodhataḥ
vārtāyā daṇḍa-nīteś ca
śrutasya ca vidhiṁ pṛthak
Synonyms
dharma
—
religiosity
;
artha
—
economic development
;
kāma
—
sense gratification
;
mokṣāṇām
—
salvation
;
nimittāni
—
causes
;
avirodhataḥ
—
without being contradictory
;
vārtāyāḥ
—
on the principles of the means of livelihood
;
daṇḍa
—
nīteḥ — of law and order
;
ca
—
also
;
śrutasya
—
of the codes of scriptures
;
ca
—
also
;
vidhim
—
regulations
;
pṛthak
—
different .
Translation
You may also describe the noncontradictory causes of religiosity, economic development, sense gratification and salvation and also the different means of livelihood and different processes of law and order as mentioned in the revealed scriptures.
Translation (Visvanatha Cakravarti Thakura)
Please describe the methods of dharma, artha, kāma and mokṣa which do not conflict with each other, and the rules in the scriptures for professions, in artha-śāstra and in the Vedas.
Describe the processes (nimittāni), which are mutually not conflicting (avirdhataḥ). Please describe the rules for professions like merchants according to the scriptures for professions, the rules for punishment according to artha-śāstra and the rules according to Vedic scriptures.