मार्कण्डेय-पुराणम् mārkaṇḍeya-purāṇam - chapter-27, verse-28

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उत्पथग्राहिणो मूढान् स्वधर्माच्चलतो नरान् ।
यः करोति निजे धर्मे स राजा स्वर्गमृच्छति ॥२८॥

28. utpathagrāhiṇo mūḍhān svadharmāccalato narān .
yaḥ karoti nije dharme sa rājā svargamṛcchati.

28. utpathagrāhiṇaḥ mūḍhān svadharmāt calataḥ narān
yaḥ karoti nije dharme sa rājā svargam ṛcchati

28. That king who restores foolish individuals—those who follow a wrong path and deviate from their own inherent duty (dharma)—to their proper natural law (dharma), that king attains heaven.

Words meanings summery:

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उत्पथग्राहिणः (utpathagrāhiṇaḥ) - deviants (followers of a wrong path, those who adopt evil ways)

मूढान् (mūḍhān) - foolish, deluded, stupid ones

स्वधर्मात् (svadharmāt) - from one's own duty (dharma), from one's intrinsic nature (dharma)

चलतः (calataḥ) - moving, straying, deviating

नरान् (narān) - individuals (men, people, human beings (accusative plural))

यः (yaḥ) - who, he who, which

करोति (karoti) - restores, brings back (does, makes, performs, causes)

निजे (nije) - in one's own, in its own

धर्मे (dharme) - in the natural law (dharma), in the duty (dharma), in the constitution (dharma)

स (sa) - he, that (masculine singular nominative)

राजा (rājā) - a king, ruler

स्वर्गम् (svargam) - heaven, paradise

ऋच्छति (ṛcchati) - attains, reaches, goes to, moves towards

Words meanings and morphology

उत्पथग्राहिणः (utpathagrāhiṇaḥ) - deviants (followers of a wrong path, those who adopt evil ways)

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, plural of utpathagrāhin

utpathagrāhin - following a wrong path, taking to evil ways

Agent N

From utpatha + root grah (to seize) with suffix -in.

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (utpatha+grāhin)

utpatha – wrong path, evil course
noun (masculine)
Compound of ut (out, away) + patha (path).
Prefix: ut
grāhin – taking, seizing, holding, following
adjective/noun (masculine)
Agent Noun
From root grah (to seize, take).
Root: grah (class 9)

Note: Agrees with narān.

मूढान् (mūḍhān) - foolish, deluded, stupid ones

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, plural of mūḍha

mūḍha - foolish, deluded, bewildered, stupid

Past Passive Participle

From root muh (to be deluded).

Root: muh (class 4)

Note: Agrees with narān.

स्वधर्मात् (svadharmāt) - from one's own duty (dharma), from one's intrinsic nature (dharma)

(noun)

Ablative, masculine, singular of svadharma

svadharma - one's own duty, inherent nature (dharma), one's own law (dharma)

Compound type : karmadhāraya (sva+dharma)

sva – own, one's own
pronoun/adjective
dharma – natural law, intrinsic nature, constitution, duty, righteousness, virtue
noun (masculine)
From root dhṛ (to uphold, support).
Root: dhṛ (class 1)

Note: Indicates separation or deviation from.

चलतः (calataḥ) - moving, straying, deviating

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, plural of calat

calat - moving, trembling, deviating

Present Active Participle

From root cal (to move).

Root: cal (class 1)

Note: Agrees with narān.

नरान् (narān) - individuals (men, people, human beings (accusative plural))

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, plural of nara