महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-12, chapter-92, verse-7

चातुर्वर्ण्यं तथा वेदाश्चातुराश्रम्यमेव च ।
सर्वं प्रमुह्यते ह्येतद्यदा राजा प्रमाद्यति ॥७॥

7. cāturvarṇyaṁ tathā vedāścāturāśramyameva ca ,
sarvaṁ pramuhyate hyetadyadā rājā pramādyati.

7. cāturvarṇyam tathā vedāḥ ca cāturāśramyam eva ca
sarvam pramuhyate hi etat yadā rājā pramādyati

7. yadā rājā pramādyati hi cāturvarṇyam tathā vedāḥ
ca cāturāśramyam eva ca etat sarvam pramuhyate

7. The four social classes (varṇa), the Vedas, and the four stages of life (āśrama) – all of this indeed becomes utterly confounded when the king is negligent.

Words meanings summery:

• चातुर्वर्ण्यम् (cāturvarṇyam) - the system of four social classes (varṇa) (the system of four classes)

• तथा (tathā) - and, also (thus, so, in that manner; and, also)

• वेदाः (vedāḥ) - the Vedas (sacred texts) (the Vedas, sacred knowledge)

• च (ca) - and (and; also; moreover)

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

• एव (eva) - indeed (indeed, only, just, exactly)

• च (ca) - and (and; also; moreover)

• सर्वम् (sarvam) - all (of this) (all, every, whole)

• प्रमुह्यते (pramuhyate) - becomes utterly confounded (becomes bewildered, becomes confused, is lost)

• हि (hi) - indeed (indeed, for, because)

• एतत् (etat) - this (referring to the preceding list of systems) (this, this one)

• यदा (yadā) - when (when, at which time)

• राजा (rājā) - the king (king, ruler)

• प्रमाद्यति (pramādyati) - is negligent (becomes negligent, careless, errs)

Words meanings and morphology

चातुर्वर्ण्यम् (cāturvarṇyam) - the system of four social classes (varṇa) (the system of four classes)

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of cāturvarṇya

cāturvarṇya - the system of four social classes or varṇas

Derived from catur-varṇa (four classes) + ṣya suffix.

Note: Also accusative singular neuter. Context indicates nominative.

तथा (tathā) - and, also (thus, so, in that manner; and, also)

(indeclinable)

वेदाः (vedāḥ) - the Vedas (sacred texts) (the Vedas, sacred knowledge)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of veda

veda - sacred knowledge, the Vedas (Ṛgveda, Yajurveda, Sāmaveda, Atharvaveda)

Derived from root vid- (to know).

Root: vid (class 2)

च (ca) - and (and; also; moreover)

(indeclinable)

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

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of cāturāśramya

cāturāśramya - the system of four stages of life or āśramas

Derived from catur-āśrama (four āśramas) + ṣya suffix.

Note: Also accusative singular neuter. Context indicates nominative.

एव (eva) - indeed (indeed, only, just, exactly)

(indeclinable)

च (ca) - and (and; also; moreover)

(indeclinable)

सर्वम् (sarvam) - all (of this) (all, every, whole)

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of sarva

sarva - all, every, whole, entire

Note: Also accusative singular neuter. Agrees with cāturvarṇyam and cāturāśramyam and etat.

प्रमुह्यते (pramuhyate) - becomes utterly confounded (becomes bewildered, becomes confused, is lost)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, middle, present (laṭ) of muh

Present tense, third person singular, middle voice. With prefix pra-.

Prefix: pra

Root: muh (class 4)

Note: Middle voice is appropriate for a state of being.

हि (hi) - indeed (indeed, for, because)

(indeclinable)

एतत् (etat) - this (referring to the preceding list of systems) (this, this one)

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of etad

etad - this, this one, that

Demonstrative pronoun.

Note: Refers collectively to the preceding nouns.

यदा (yadā) - when (when, at which time)

(indeclinable)

राजा (rājā) - the king (king, ruler)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of rājan

rājan - king, ruler, sovereign

Root: rāj (class 1)

प्रमाद्यति (pramādyati) - is negligent (becomes negligent, careless, errs)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, present (laṭ) of mad

Present tense, third person singular, active voice. With prefix pra-.

Prefix: pra

Root: mad (class 4)