महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-12, chapter-99, verse-6

सागरान्तां महीं कृत्स्नामनुशिष्य यथाविधि ।
चातुर्वर्ण्ये यथाशास्त्रं प्रवृत्तो धर्मकाम्यया ॥६॥

6. sāgarāntāṁ mahīṁ kṛtsnāmanuśiṣya yathāvidhi ,
cāturvarṇye yathāśāstraṁ pravṛtto dharmakāmyayā.

6. sāgarāntām mahīm kṛtsnām anuśiṣya yathāvidhi
cāturvarṇye yathāśāstram pravṛttaḥ dharmakāmyayā

6. sāgarāntām kṛtsnām mahīm yathāvidhi anuśiṣya
yathāśāstram cāturvarṇye dharmakāmyayā pravṛttaḥ

6. Having properly governed the entire earth, which is bounded by the oceans, he engaged himself according to the scriptures in the four social orders (cāturvarṇya), out of a desire for righteousness (dharma).

Words meanings summery:

• सागरान्ताम् (sāgarāntām) - the earth bounded by the ocean (ocean-bounded, ending at the ocean)

• महीम् (mahīm) - the earth (earth, land, soil)

• कृत्स्नाम् (kṛtsnām) - the entire (earth) (entire, whole, complete)

• अनुशिष्य (anuśiṣya) - having governed (the earth) (having instructed, having governed, having taught)

• यथाविधि (yathāvidhi) - according to proper procedure (according to rule, properly, duly)

• चातुर्वर्ण्ये (cāturvarṇye) - concerning the system of four social orders (cāturvarṇya) (in the four social orders, concerning the four varnas)

• यथाशास्त्रम् (yathāśāstram) - according to scriptural injunctions (according to the scriptures, according to the law)

• प्रवृत्तः (pravṛttaḥ) - engaged (himself) (engaged, commenced, active, resorted to)

• धर्मकाम्यया (dharmakāmyayā) - out of a desire for righteousness (dharma) (by the desire for righteousness, out of a desire for virtue)

Words meanings and morphology

सागरान्ताम् (sāgarāntām) - the earth bounded by the ocean (ocean-bounded, ending at the ocean)

(adjective)

Accusative, feminine, singular of sāgarānta

sāgarānta - ending with the ocean, ocean-bounded

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (sāgara+anta)

• sāgara – ocean, sea
  noun (masculine)
• anta – end, boundary, limit
  noun (masculine)

Note: Qualifies `mahīm`.

महीम् (mahīm) - the earth (earth, land, soil)

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of mahī

mahī - earth, ground, land

Note: Object of `anuśiṣya`.

कृत्स्नाम् (kṛtsnām) - the entire (earth) (entire, whole, complete)

(adjective)

Accusative, feminine, singular of kṛtsna

kṛtsna - entire, whole, complete, all

Note: Qualifies `mahīm`.

अनुशिष्य (anuśiṣya) - having governed (the earth) (having instructed, having governed, having taught)

(indeclinable)

absolutive (lyap)

Derived from root śās (to rule, teach) with prefix anu + suffix lyap

Prefix: anu

Root: śās (class 2)

यथाविधि (yathāvidhi) - according to proper procedure (according to rule, properly, duly)

(indeclinable)

Compound type : avyayībhāva (yathā+vidhi)

• yathā – as, according to
  indeclinable
• vidhi – rule, injunction, method
  noun (masculine)

Note: Modifies `anuśiṣya`.

चातुर्वर्ण्ये (cāturvarṇye) - concerning the system of four social orders (cāturvarṇya) (in the four social orders, concerning the four varnas)

(noun)

Locative, neuter, singular of cāturvarṇya

cāturvarṇya - the system of four social orders (brāhmaṇa, kṣatriya, vaiśya, śūdra)

Compound type : dvigu (catur+varṇa)

• catur – four
  numeral
• varṇa – color, caste, social order
  noun (masculine)

Note: Refers to the four traditional social classes.

यथाशास्त्रम् (yathāśāstram) - according to scriptural injunctions (according to the scriptures, according to the law)

(indeclinable)

Compound type : avyayībhāva (yathā+śāstra)

• yathā – as, according to
  indeclinable
• śāstra – scripture, treatise, rule, science
  noun (neuter)

Note: Modifies `pravṛttaḥ`.

प्रवृत्तः (pravṛttaḥ) - engaged (himself) (engaged, commenced, active, resorted to)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of pravṛtta

pravṛtta - engaged, commenced, active, having resorted to

Past Passive Participle

Derived from root vṛt (to turn, exist) with prefix pra + suffix kta

Prefix: pra

Root: vṛt (class 1)

Note: Implies the subject (he) was engaged.

धर्मकाम्यया (dharmakāmyayā) - out of a desire for righteousness (dharma) (by the desire for righteousness, out of a desire for virtue)

(noun)

Instrumental, feminine, singular of dharmakāmyā

dharmakāmyā - desire for righteousness/dharma

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (dharma+kāmyā)

• dharma – righteousness, duty, natural law, constitution, religion
  noun (masculine)
• kāmyā – desire, longing (from root kam 'to desire')
  noun (feminine)
  Root: kam (class 1)

Note: Indicates the reason for action.