महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-13, chapter-58, verse-29

यथा पत्याश्रयो धर्मः स्त्रीणां लोके सनातनः ।
स देवः सा गतिर्नान्या तथास्माकं द्विजातयः ॥२९॥

29. yathā patyāśrayo dharmaḥ strīṇāṁ loke sanātanaḥ ,
sa devaḥ sā gatirnānyā tathāsmākaṁ dvijātayaḥ.

29. yathā pati-āśrayaḥ dharmaḥ strīṇām loke sanātanaḥ
saḥ devaḥ sā gatiḥ na anyā tathā asmākam dvi-jātayaḥ

29. yathā loke strīṇām sanātanaḥ pati-āśrayaḥ dharmaḥ (bhavati); saḥ (patiḥ eva) devaḥ,
sā (patiḥ eva) gatiḥ,
anyā na (bhavati).
tathā asmākam dvi-jātayaḥ (devāḥ gatayaḥ ca santi).

29. Just as in this world, the eternal intrinsic nature (dharma) for women is to be devoted to their husband—he is their god, he is their ultimate path, there is no other—similarly, for us, the twice-born (dvijātayaḥ) are like that.

Words meanings summery:

• यथा (yathā) - just as (just as, as, according to)

• पति-आश्रयः (pati-āśrayaḥ) - dependent on their husband (dependent on husband, having husband as refuge)

• धर्मः (dharmaḥ) - intrinsic nature (dharma) (intrinsic nature (dharma), duty, righteousness, constitution)

• स्त्रीणाम् (strīṇām) - of women

• लोके (loke) - in this world (in the world, among people)

• सनातनः (sanātanaḥ) - eternal (eternal, ancient, perpetual)

• सः (saḥ) - he (the husband) (he, that)

• देवः (devaḥ) - god (god, deity)

• सा (sā) - she (the husband, metaphorically) (she, that (feminine))

• गतिः (gatiḥ) - ultimate path / destiny (path, course, destiny, goal, going)

• न (na) - not (not, no)

• अन्या (anyā) - other (other, another (feminine))

• तथा (tathā) - similarly (thus, so, similarly)

• अस्माकम् (asmākam) - for us (of us, our)

• द्वि-जातयः (dvi-jātayaḥ) - the twice-born (dvijātayaḥ) / brahmins (twice-born, brahmins, birds, snakes)

Words meanings and morphology

यथा (yathā) - just as (just as, as, according to)

(indeclinable)

पति-आश्रयः (pati-āśrayaḥ) - dependent on their husband (dependent on husband, having husband as refuge)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of pati-āśraya

pati-āśraya - dependent on husband, taking refuge in husband

Compound of 'pati' (husband) and 'āśraya' (refuge, dependence)

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (pati+āśraya)

• pati – master, lord, husband
  noun (masculine)
• āśraya – refuge, support, dependence
  noun (masculine)
  From 'ā-śrī' (to lean upon, to resort to)
  Prefix: ā
  Root: śrī (class 1)

धर्मः (dharmaḥ) - intrinsic nature (dharma) (intrinsic nature (dharma), duty, righteousness, constitution)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of dharma

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

Root: dhṛ (class 1)

स्त्रीणाम् (strīṇām) - of women

(noun)

Genitive, feminine, plural of strī

strī - woman, wife, female

लोके (loke) - in this world (in the world, among people)

(noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of loka

loka - world, people, realm

Root: lok (class 10)

सनातनः (sanātanaḥ) - eternal (eternal, ancient, perpetual)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of sanātana

sanātana - eternal, ancient, perpetual, everlasting

From 'sanā' (always) + 'tana' suffix

सः (saḥ) - he (the husband) (he, that)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

देवः (devaḥ) - god (god, deity)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of deva

deva - god, deity, divine being

Root: div (class 4)

सा (sā) - she (the husband, metaphorically) (she, that (feminine))

(pronoun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

गतिः (gatiḥ) - ultimate path / destiny (path, course, destiny, goal, going)

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of gati

gati - path, course, movement, destiny, goal

From root 'gam' (to go)

Root: gam (class 1)

न (na) - not (not, no)

(indeclinable)

अन्या (anyā) - other (other, another (feminine))

(pronoun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of anya

anya - other, another, different

तथा (tathā) - similarly (thus, so, similarly)

(indeclinable)

अस्माकम् (asmākam) - for us (of us, our)

(pronoun)

Genitive, plural of asmad

asmad - I, we

द्वि-जातयः (dvi-jātayaḥ) - the twice-born (dvijātayaḥ) / brahmins (twice-born, brahmins, birds, snakes)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of dvi-jāti

dvi-jāti - twice-born; refers to brahmins, kṣatriyas, vaiśyas (who undergo initiation), also birds (born from egg, then hatched) and snakes

Compound of 'dvi' (two) and 'jāti' (birth)

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (dvi+jāti)

• dvi – two
  numeral
• jāti – birth, origin, species, class
  noun (feminine)
  From root 'jan' (to be born)
  Root: jan (class 4)