धर्मार्थकाममोक्षांश्च सहोपायान् यथा मुने । नानाख्यानेतिहासेषु वर्णयामास तत्त्ववित् ॥ २८ ॥
dharmartha-kama-moksams ca sahopayan yatha mune nanakhyanetihasesu varnayam asa tattvavit
- dharma
- occupational duties
- artha
- economic development
- kama
- fulfillment of desires
- moksan
- ultimate salvation
- ca
- and
- saha
- along with
- upayan
- means
- yatha
- as it is
- mune
- O sage
- nana
- various
- akhyana
- by recitation of historical narrations
- itihasesu
- in the histories
- varnayam asa
- described
- tattva-vit
- one who knows the truth.
Then he described the occupational duties of different orders and statuses of life, citing instances from history, for he was himself well acquainted with the truth.