महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-12, chapter-94, verse-35

के मानुरक्ता राजानः के भयात्समुपाश्रिताः ।
मध्यस्थदोषाः के चैषामिति नित्यं विचिन्तयेत् ॥३५॥

35. ke mānuraktā rājānaḥ ke bhayātsamupāśritāḥ ,
madhyasthadoṣāḥ ke caiṣāmiti nityaṁ vicintayet.

35. ke mānuraktāḥ rājānaḥ ke bhayāt samupāśritāḥ
madhyasthadoṣāḥ ke ca eṣām iti nityaṃ vicintayet

35. rājānaḥ ke mānuraktāḥ ke bhayāt samupāśritāḥ ca
eṣām ke madhyasthadoṣāḥ iti nityaṃ vicintayet

35. A ruler should always consider: Who are the kings loyal to him? Who have taken refuge out of fear? And who among them are flawed due to their indecisiveness or neutrality?

Words meanings summery:

• के (ke) - who, what

• मानुरक्ताः (mānuraktāḥ) - loyal, devoted, attached to humans

• राजानः (rājānaḥ) - kings

• के (ke) - who, what

• भयात् (bhayāt) - from fear

• समुपाश्रिताः (samupāśritāḥ) - resorted, taken refuge, sought shelter

• मध्यस्थदोषाः (madhyasthadoṣāḥ) - those with faults due to neutrality, flawed by neutrality

• के (ke) - who, what

• च (ca) - and, also

• एषाम् (eṣām) - among these, of these

• इति (iti) - thus, in this manner

• नित्यं (nityaṁ) - always, constantly

• विचिन्तयेत् (vicintayet) - one should consider, one should ponder

Words meanings and morphology

के (ke) - who, what

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of kim

kim - who, what, which

मानुरक्ताः (mānuraktāḥ) - loyal, devoted, attached to humans

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of mānurakta

mānurakta - loyal, devoted, attached to humans

Past Passive Participle

From root rañj, with mānu as the first member of the compound. Lit. 'attached to man'.

Compound type : tatpurusha (mānu+rakta)

• mānu – man, human
  noun (masculine)
• rakta – attached, devoted, red
  adjective
  Past Passive Participle
  From root rañj 'to dye, to be attached'
  Root: rañj (class 1)

राजानः (rājānaḥ) - kings

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of rājan

rājan - king, ruler

के (ke) - who, what

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of kim

kim - who, what, which

भयात् (bhayāt) - from fear

(noun)

Ablative, neuter, singular of bhaya

bhaya - fear, dread

समुपाश्रिताः (samupāśritāḥ) - resorted, taken refuge, sought shelter

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of samupāśrita

samupāśrita - resorted to, taken refuge in, dependent on

Past Passive Participle

Formed from root śri with prefixes sam- and upa-.

Prefixes: sam+upa

Root: śri (class 1)

मध्यस्थदोषाः (madhyasthadoṣāḥ) - those with faults due to neutrality, flawed by neutrality

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of madhyasthadoṣa

madhyasthadoṣa - one whose fault is due to being neutral, flawed by neutrality

Compound type : bahuvrihi (madhyastha+doṣa)

• madhyastha – standing in the middle, neutral, impartial
  adjective
  Root: sthā (class 1)
• doṣa – fault, defect, vice
  noun (masculine)

के (ke) - who, what

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of kim

kim - who, what, which

च (ca) - and, also

(indeclinable)

एषाम् (eṣām) - among these, of these

(pronoun)

Genitive, masculine, plural of etad

etad - this, these

इति (iti) - thus, in this manner

(indeclinable)

नित्यं (nityaṁ) - always, constantly

(indeclinable)

विचिन्तयेत् (vicintayet) - one should consider, one should ponder

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, optative (vidhi-liṅ) of vicint

Prefix: vi

Root: cint (class 10)