महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-12, chapter-235, verse-17

संबन्धिबान्धवा दिक्षु पृथिव्यां मातृमातुलौ ।
वृद्धबालातुरकृशास्त्वाकाशे प्रभविष्णवः ॥१७॥

17. saṁbandhibāndhavā dikṣu pṛthivyāṁ mātṛmātulau ,
vṛddhabālāturakṛśāstvākāśe prabhaviṣṇavaḥ.

17. sambandhibāndhavā dikṣu pṛthivyām mātṛmātulau
vṛddhabālātūrakṛśāḥ tu ākāśe prabhaviṣṇavaḥ

17. sambandhibāndhavā dikṣu mātṛmātulau pṛthivyām
tu vṛddhabālātūrakṛśāḥ ākāśe prabhaviṣṇavaḥ

17. Relatives and kinsmen are (found) in all directions, and one's mother and maternal uncle are on earth. However, the elderly, children, the sick, and the weak are highly revered (prabhaviṣṇavāḥ), as if they belong to the heavens.

Words meanings summery:

• सम्बन्धिबान्धवा (sambandhibāndhavā) - relatives and kinsmen

• दिक्षु (dikṣu) - in the directions, in all quarters

• पृथिव्याम् (pṛthivyām) - on earth, on the ground

• मातृमातुलौ (mātṛmātulau) - mother and maternal uncle

• वृद्धबालातूरकृशाः (vṛddhabālātūrakṛśāḥ) - the old, children, the sick, and the weak

• तु (tu) - but, however, indeed

• आकाशे (ākāśe) - in the sky, in space, in the heavens

• प्रभविष्णवः (prabhaviṣṇavaḥ) - powerful, influential, mighty, authoritative, deserving reverence

Words meanings and morphology

सम्बन्धिबान्धवा (sambandhibāndhavā) - relatives and kinsmen

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of sambandhibāndhava

sambandhibāndhava - relatives and kinsmen, family and friends

Compound type : dvandva (sambandhin+bāndhava)

• sambandhin – relative, connection
  noun (masculine)
• bāndhava – kinsman, relative, friend
  noun (masculine)

दिक्षु (dikṣu) - in the directions, in all quarters

(noun)

Locative, feminine, plural of diś

diś - direction, quarter of the sky

पृथिव्याम् (pṛthivyām) - on earth, on the ground

(noun)

Locative, feminine, singular of pṛthivī

pṛthivī - earth, ground

मातृमातुलौ (mātṛmātulau) - mother and maternal uncle

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, dual of mātṛmātula

mātṛmātula - mother and maternal uncle

Compound type : dvandva (mātṛ+mātula)

• mātṛ – mother
  noun (feminine)
• mātula – maternal uncle
  noun (masculine)

वृद्धबालातूरकृशाः (vṛddhabālātūrakṛśāḥ) - the old, children, the sick, and the weak

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of vṛddhabālātūrakṛśa

vṛddhabālātūrakṛśa - old, child, sick, weak (collectively)

Compound type : dvandva (vṛddha+bāla+ātura+kṛśa)

• vṛddha – old, aged
  adjective (masculine)
  Past Passive Participle
  From √vṛdh (to grow)
  Root: vṛdh (class 1)
• bāla – child, young
  noun (masculine)
• ātura – sick, distressed, afflicted
  adjective (masculine)
• kṛśa – thin, weak, emaciated
  adjective (masculine)

तु (tu) - but, however, indeed

(indeclinable)

आकाशे (ākāśe) - in the sky, in space, in the heavens

(noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of ākāśa

ākāśa - sky, space, ether

प्रभविष्णवः (prabhaviṣṇavaḥ) - powerful, influential, mighty, authoritative, deserving reverence

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of prabhaviṣṇu

prabhaviṣṇu - powerful, influential, mighty, authoritative, capable, deserving of reverence

Prefix: pra

Root: bhū (class 1)