मार्कण्डेय-पुराणम् mārkaṇḍeya-purāṇam - chapter-111, verse-5

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तथैव चक्रे स सुतस्तस्य राज्ञो यथोदितम् ।
तैर्धर्मवादिभिर्धर्मं च्युतस्य निजधर्मतः ॥५॥

5. tathaiva cakre sa sutastasya rājño yathoditam .
tairdharmavādibhirdharmaṃ cyutasya nijadharmataḥ.

5. tathā eva cakre saḥ sutaḥ tasya rājñaḥ yathā uditam
| taiḥ dharmavādibhiḥ dharmam cyutasya nijadharmataḥ

5. The king's son then performed his duties (dharma) exactly as instructed by those upholders of duty (dharma), (these duties being) for one who had deviated from his own intrinsic nature (dharma).

Words meanings summery:

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तथा (tathā) - thus, so

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

चक्रे (cakre) - performed (his duties) (did, made, performed)

सः (saḥ) - he (the king's son) (he, that)

सुतः (sutaḥ) - son

तस्य (tasya) - of the king (his, of him)

राज्ञः (rājñaḥ) - of the king

यथा (yathā) - as (instructed) (as, just as)

उदितम् (uditam) - instructed (by the sages) (spoken, said, instructed)

तैः (taiḥ) - by those (sages) (by those)

धर्मवादिभिः (dharmavādibhiḥ) - by those upholders of duty (dharma) (by those who speak of dharma, by upholders of dharma)

धर्मम् (dharmam) - the prescribed duties (dharma) (natural law, duty, righteousness)

च्युतस्य (cyutasya) - of one who had deviated (the king's son) (of one who has fallen, deviated, lost)

निजधर्मतः (nijadharmataḥ) - from his own intrinsic nature (dharma) (from one's own dharma/duty/nature)

Words meanings and morphology

तथा (tathā) - thus, so

(indeclinable)

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

(indeclinable)

Note: Forms sandhi with 'tathā' to 'tathaiva'.

चक्रे (cakre) - performed (his duties) (did, made, performed)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, middle, perfect (lit) of kṛ

Perfect tense, middle voice, 3rd person singular of √kṛ (8th class)

Root: kṛ (class 8)

सः (saḥ) - he (the king's son) (he, that)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, he

Note: 'saḥ' becomes 'sa' before non-aspirated consonants.

सुतः (sutaḥ) - son

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of suta

suta - son

Past Passive Participle (derived)

Derived from √sū (to give birth), here means 'born' and by extension 'son'

Root: sū (class 4)

तस्य (tasya) - of the king (his, of him)

(pronoun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, his

राज्ञः (rājñaḥ) - of the king

(noun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of rājan

rājan - king

Root: rāj (class 1)

यथा (yathā) - as (instructed) (as, just as)

(indeclinable)

Note: Forms sandhi with 'uditam' to 'yathoditam'.

उदितम् (uditam) - instructed (by the sages) (spoken, said, instructed)

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of udita

udita - spoken, said, risen

Past Passive Participle

Past Passive Participle of √vad (to speak) with prefix ud-

Prefix: ud

Root: vad (class 1)

Note: Functions adverbially or as a predicate.

तैः (taiḥ) - by those (sages) (by those)

(pronoun)

Instrumental, masculine, plural of tad

tad - that, those

धर्मवादिभिः (dharmavādibhiḥ) - by those upholders of duty (dharma) (by those who speak of dharma, by upholders of dharma)

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, plural of dharmavādin

dharmavādin - upholder of dharma, one who speaks of dharma

Compound of dharma and vādin (speaker)

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (dharma+vādin)

dharma – natural law, duty, righteousness
noun (masculine)
Root: dhṛ (class 1)
vādin – speaker, one who says
noun (masculine)
Agent noun from √vad (to speak)
Root: vad (class 1)

Note: Refers to the sages from the previous verse.

धर्मम् (dharmam) - the prescribed duties (dharma) (natural law, duty, righteousness)

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of dharma

dharma - natural law, duty, righteousness, constitution, intrinsic nature

From √dhṛ (to uphold, support)

Root: dhṛ (class 1)

Note: Object of 'cakre'.

च्युतस्य (cyutasya) - of one who had deviated (the king's son) (of one who has fallen, deviated, lost)

(adjective)

Genitive, masculine, singular of cyuta

cyuta - fallen, deviated, lost