महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-12, chapter-181, verse-6

भरद्वाज उवाच ।
चातुर्वर्ण्यस्य वर्णेन यदि वर्णो विभज्यते ।
सर्वेषां खलु वर्णानां दृश्यते वर्णसंकरः ॥६॥

6. bharadvāja uvāca ,
cāturvarṇyasya varṇena yadi varṇo vibhajyate ,
sarveṣāṁ khalu varṇānāṁ dṛśyate varṇasaṁkaraḥ.

6. bharadvāja uvāca cāturvarṇyasya varṇena yadi varṇaḥ
vibhajyate sarveṣām khalu varṇānām dṛśyate varṇasaṅkaraḥ

6. yadi cāturvarṇyasya varṇena varṇaḥ vibhajyate
sarveṣām varṇānām khalu varṇasaṅkaraḥ dṛśyate

6. Bhāradvāja said: If social divisions are to be made based on outward appearance, then an intermixture of social divisions (varṇasaṅkara) is indeed observed among all.

Words meanings summery:

• भरद्वाज (bharadvāja) - Bhāradvāja

• उवाच (uvāca) - said, spoke

• चातुर्वर्ण्यस्य (cāturvarṇyasya) - of the four social classes

• वर्णेन (varṇena) - by color, by outward appearance, by social class

• यदि (yadi) - if

• वर्णः (varṇaḥ) - social class

• विभज्यते (vibhajyate) - is divided, is classified

• सर्वेषाम् (sarveṣām) - of all

• खलु (khalu) - indeed, certainly

• वर्णानाम् (varṇānām) - of the social classes, of the colors

• दृश्यते (dṛśyate) - is seen, is observed

• वर्णसङ्करः (varṇasaṅkaraḥ) - intermixture of social classes

Words meanings and morphology

भरद्वाज (bharadvāja) - Bhāradvāja

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of bharadvāja

bharadvāja - Bhāradvāja (name of a Vedic sage, a gotra)

उवाच (uvāca) - said, spoke

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, perfect (liṭ) of vac

Root: vac (class 2)

चातुर्वर्ण्यस्य (cāturvarṇyasya) - of the four social classes

(noun)

Genitive, neuter, singular of cāturvarṇya

cāturvarṇya - the system of four social classes; the four-fold classification

Derived from catur-varṇa + ṣyañ pratyaya (to denote a collection or state)

वर्णेन (varṇena) - by color, by outward appearance, by social class

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of varṇa

varṇa - color, outward appearance, social class, letter

यदि (yadi) - if

(indeclinable)

वर्णः (varṇaḥ) - social class

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of varṇa

varṇa - color, outward appearance, social class, letter

विभज्यते (vibhajyate) - is divided, is classified

(verb)

3rd person , singular, passive, present (laṭ) of bhāj

Prefix: vi

Root: bhaj (class 1)

सर्वेषाम् (sarveṣām) - of all

(pronoun/adjective)

खलु (khalu) - indeed, certainly

(indeclinable)

वर्णानाम् (varṇānām) - of the social classes, of the colors

(noun)

Genitive, masculine, plural of varṇa

varṇa - color, outward appearance, social class, letter

दृश्यते (dṛśyate) - is seen, is observed

(verb)

3rd person , singular, passive, present (laṭ) of dṛś

Root: dṛś (class 1)

वर्णसङ्करः (varṇasaṅkaraḥ) - intermixture of social classes

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of varṇasaṅkara

varṇasaṅkara - intermixture of social classes, confusion of castes