मार्कण्डेय-पुराणम् mārkaṇḍeya-purāṇam - chapter-132, verse-5

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तापं करोम्यहं किंवाप्येष क्लैब्यात्क्षमाम्यहम् ।
दुर्वृत्तशान्तौ शिष्टानां पालनेऽधिकृता वयम् ॥५॥

5. tāpaṃ karomyahaṃ kiṃvāpyeṣa klaibyātkṣamāmyaham .
durvṛttaśāntau śiṣṭānāṃ pālane'dhikṛtā vayam.

5. tāpam karomi aham kim vā api eṣaḥ klaibyāt kṣamāmi
aham durvṛttaśāntau śiṣṭānām pālane adhikṛtāḥ vayam

5. Am I to inflict suffering (tāpa), or am I to forgive this out of weakness? We are indeed authorized for the suppression of the wicked and the protection of the virtuous.

Words meanings summery:

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तापम् (tāpam) - suffering, distress, heat, torment

करोमि (karomi) - I do, I make, I cause

अहम् (aham) - I

किम् (kim) - what? why?

वा (vā) - or

अपि (api) - also, even, perhaps

एषः (eṣaḥ) - this one, he (referring to the speaker)

क्लैब्यात् (klaibyāt) - from impotence, out of weakness, due to effeminacy

क्षमामि (kṣamāmi) - I forgive, I endure, I tolerate

अहम् (aham) - I

दुर्वृत्तशान्तौ (durvṛttaśāntau) - in the appeasement of wicked persons, in suppressing the wicked

शिष्टानाम् (śiṣṭānām) - of the virtuous, of the disciplined, of the good people

पालने (pālane) - in the protection, in the guarding, in the maintenance

अधिकृताः (adhikṛtāḥ) - authorized, entrusted, appointed, entitled

वयम् (vayam) - we

Words meanings and morphology

तापम् (tāpam) - suffering, distress, heat, torment

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of tāpa

tāpa - heat, fever, pain, suffering, distress, torment

Root: tap (class 1)

Note: Object of 'karomi'.

करोमि (karomi) - I do, I make, I cause

(verb)

1st person , singular, active, Present (Laṭ) of kṛ

Root: kṛ (class 8)

Note: Main verb in the first part of the question.

अहम् (aham) - I

(pronoun)

Nominative, singular of mad

mad - I, me

Note: Subject of 'karomi'.

किम् (kim) - what? why?

(indeclinable)

Note: Interrogative particle.

वा (vā) - or

(indeclinable)

Note: Conjunction indicating an alternative.

अपि (api) - also, even, perhaps

(indeclinable)

Note: Used here to intensify the interrogative sense or convey a sense of 'perhaps'.

एषः (eṣaḥ) - this one, he (referring to the speaker)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of etad

etad - this, this one

Note: Demonstrative pronoun referring to the subject 'aham'.

क्लैब्यात् (klaibyāt) - from impotence, out of weakness, due to effeminacy

(noun)

Ablative, neuter, singular of klaibya

klaibya - impotence, weakness, effeminacy, faint-heartedness

Note: Indicates the cause or reason.

क्षमामि (kṣamāmi) - I forgive, I endure, I tolerate

(verb)

1st person , singular, active, Present (Laṭ) of kṣam

Root: kṣam (class 1)

Note: Main verb in the second part of the question.

अहम् (aham) - I

(pronoun)

Nominative, singular of mad

mad - I, me

Note: Subject of 'kṣamāmi'.

दुर्वृत्तशान्तौ (durvṛttaśāntau) - in the appeasement of wicked persons, in suppressing the wicked

(noun)

Locative, feminine, singular of durvṛttaśānti

durvṛttaśānti - pacification/suppression of wicked persons

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (durvṛtta+śānti)

durvṛtta – ill-behaved, wicked, bad conduct (substantivized to mean wicked persons)
adjective (masculine)
Past Passive Participle (from `vṛt` with `dur`)
Formed from root 'vṛt' with prefix 'dus' and 'kta' suffix.
Prefix: dus
Root: vṛt (class 1)
śānti – peace, appeasement, suppression, cessation
noun (feminine)
Root: śam (class 4)

Note: Indicates the sphere of action for 'adhikṛtāḥ'.

शिष्टानाम् (śiṣṭānām) - of the virtuous, of the disciplined, of the good people

(adjective)

Genitive, masculine, plural of śiṣṭa

śiṣṭa - disciplined, virtuous, well-behaved, learned, good person

Past Passive Participle

Formed from root 'śās' (to discipline, instruct) + 'kta' suffix.

Root: śās (class 2)

Note: Possessive or objective genitive with 'pālane'.

पालने (pālane) - in the protection, in the guarding, in the maintenance

(noun)

Locative, neuter, singular of pālana