महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-12, chapter-46, verse-22

चातुर्वेद्यं चातुर्होत्रं चातुराश्रम्यमेव च ।
चातुर्वर्ण्यस्य धर्मं च पृच्छैनं पृथिवीपते ॥२२॥

22. cāturvedyaṁ cāturhotraṁ cāturāśramyameva ca ,
cāturvarṇyasya dharmaṁ ca pṛcchainaṁ pṛthivīpate.

22. cāturvedyam cāturhotram cāturāśramyam eva ca
cāturvarṇyasya dharmam ca pṛccha enam pṛthivīpate

22. pṛthivīpate enam cāturvedyam cāturhotram
cāturāśramyam eva ca cāturvarṇyasya dharmam ca pṛccha

22. O lord of the earth, ask him about the knowledge of the four Vedas, the duties of the four types of priests, the system of the four stages of life (āśrama), and the natural law (dharma) pertaining to the four social orders.

Words meanings summery:

• चातुर्वेद्यम् (cāturvedyam) - the knowledge of the four Vedas

• चातुर्होत्रम् (cāturhotram) - the sacred rites performed by the four chief priests in a Vedic (yajña) sacrifice (the duties/rites of the four types of priests)

• चातुराश्रम्यम् (cāturāśramyam) - the system of the four stages of life (āśrama)

• एव (eva) - and also (indeed, only, certainly, also)

• च (ca) - and, also

• चातुर्वर्ण्यस्य (cāturvarṇyasya) - of the four social orders (varṇa)

• धर्मम् (dharmam) - the specific duties and natural law (dharma) pertaining to each social order (natural law (dharma), duty, righteous conduct)

• च (ca) - and, also

• पृच्छ (pṛccha) - ask

• एनम् (enam) - Bhishma (him)

• पृथिवीपते (pṛthivīpate) - O Yudhishthira, lord of the earth (O lord of the earth)

Words meanings and morphology

चातुर्वेद्यम् (cāturvedyam) - the knowledge of the four Vedas

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of cāturvedya

cāturvedya - the study or knowledge of the four Vedas

From `catur` (four) + `veda` (Veda)

Compound type : tatpurusha (catur+veda)

• catur – four
  numeral
• veda – Veda (sacred knowledge), knowledge
  noun (masculine)
  From root `vid` (to know)
  Root: vid (class 2)

चातुर्होत्रम् (cāturhotram) - the sacred rites performed by the four chief priests in a Vedic (yajña) sacrifice (the duties/rites of the four types of priests)

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of cāturhotra

cāturhotra - the duties of the four hotṛs (priests)

From `catur` (four) + `hotṛ` (priest)

Compound type : tatpurusha (catur+hotṛ)

• catur – four
  numeral
• hotṛ – priest (especially one who recites the Rig Veda), sacrificer
  noun (masculine)
  Agent noun from root `hu` (to sacrifice)
  Root: hu (class 3)

चातुराश्रम्यम् (cāturāśramyam) - the system of the four stages of life (āśrama)

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of cāturāśramya

cāturāśramya - the system or duties of the four stages of life (āśrama)

From `catur` (four) + `āśrama` (stage of life)

Compound type : tatpurusha (catur+āśrama)

• catur – four
  numeral
• āśrama – stage of life, hermitage, spiritual retreat
  noun (masculine)
  From `ā` + `√śram` (to toil, exert)
  Prefix: ā
  Root: śram (class 4)

एव (eva) - and also (indeed, only, certainly, also)

(indeclinable)

च (ca) - and, also

(indeclinable)

चातुर्वर्ण्यस्य (cāturvarṇyasya) - of the four social orders (varṇa)

(noun)

Genitive, neuter, singular of cāturvarṇya

cāturvarṇya - the system of the four social orders (varṇa)

From `catur` (four) + `varṇa` (social order)

Compound type : tatpurusha (catur+varṇa)

• catur – four
  numeral
• varṇa – color, class, social order
  noun (masculine)
  From root `vṛ` (to cover, choose)
  Root: vṛ (class 5)

धर्मम् (dharmam) - the specific duties and natural law (dharma) pertaining to each social order (natural law (dharma), duty, righteous conduct)

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of dharma

dharma - natural law, constitution, intrinsic nature, duty, righteousness, virtue, custom

From root `dhṛ` (to uphold, sustain)

Root: dhṛ (class 1)

च (ca) - and, also

(indeclinable)

पृच्छ (pṛccha) - ask

(verb)

2nd person , singular, active, imperative (lot) of pṛcch

imperative, 2nd person singular

Root `prach`, class 6, present stem pṛcch-

Root: prach (class 6)

एनम् (enam) - Bhishma (him)

(pronoun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of ena

ena - this, that, him, her, it

पृथिवीपते (pṛthivīpate) - O Yudhishthira, lord of the earth (O lord of the earth)

(noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of pṛthivīpati

pṛthivīpati - lord of the earth, king

Compound type : tatpurusha (pṛthivī+pati)

• pṛthivī – earth, world
  noun (feminine)
• pati – master, lord, husband, owner
  noun (masculine)