Note 81 — Chapter XL · A DESCRIPTION OF VISHNU.
Manmatha Nath Dutt translation
Three-fold objects of life, namely, Dharma (Virtue), Artha, worldly profit, Kama, Desire. These three roads were laid down by him for mankind. With virtue they can attain to heaven, worldly profit secures, for them, the earth and desire the region underneath it.