Trivarga (त्रिवर्गः)
धर्माथावुच्यते श्रेयः कामार्थो धर्म एव च । अर्थ एवेह वा श्रेयस्त्रिवर्ग इति तु स्थितिः ॥ २.२२४ ॥[1]
dharmāthāvucyate śreyaḥ kāmārtho dharma eva ca । artha eveha vā śreyastrivarga iti tu sthitiḥ ॥ 2.224 ॥
Meaning: To achieve welfare and happiness some declare Dharma and Artha are good. Others declare that Artha and Kama are better. Still others declare that Dharma is the best. There are also persons who declare Artha alone secures happiness. But the correct view is that Trivarga, the aggregate of Dharma, Artha and Kama secures welfare and happiness.[2]
परित्यजेदर्थकामौ यौ स्यातां धर्मवर्जितौ । ४.१७६ ।[3]
parityajedarthakāmau yau syātāṁ dharmavarjitau । 4.176 ।
Meaning: However, the desire (kama) and material wealth (Artha) must be rejected if contrary to Dharma. According to Bharataratna C. Subramanyam,
“Indian philosophy refers to Dharma, Artha and Kama as TRIVARGA, the inseparable group of three treats them as the warp and woof of ordered human society.”[2]