महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-13, chapter-8, verse-19

यथा पत्याश्रयो धर्मः स्त्रीणां लोके युधिष्ठिर ।
स देवः सा गतिर्नान्या क्षत्रियस्य तथा द्विजाः ॥१९॥

19. yathā patyāśrayo dharmaḥ strīṇāṁ loke yudhiṣṭhira ,
sa devaḥ sā gatirnānyā kṣatriyasya tathā dvijāḥ.

19. yathā patyāśrayaḥ dharmaḥ strīṇām loke yudhiṣṭhira
saḥ devaḥ sā gatiḥ na anyā kṣatriyasya tathā dvijāḥ

19. yudhiṣṭhira yathā loke strīṇām patyāśrayaḥ dharmaḥ
saḥ devaḥ sā gatiḥ na anyā tathā dvijāḥ kṣatriyasya

19. Just as, O Yudhishthira, the `dharma` (intrinsic nature) of women in the world is reliance on their husband – he is their god, their ultimate refuge, and there is no other – similarly, O `dvijas` (twice-born ones), it is for a `kṣatriya`.

Words meanings summery:

• यथा (yathā) - just as, as, in which way

• पत्याश्रयः (patyāśrayaḥ) - dependent on husband, having husband as support

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

• स्त्रीणाम् (strīṇām) - of women

• लोके (loke) - in the world, in the realm

• युधिष्ठिर (yudhiṣṭhira) - O Yudhishthira (a king, eldest of the Pandavas)

• सः (saḥ) - he

• देवः (devaḥ) - god, deity

• सा (sā) - she, that (feminine)

• गतिः (gatiḥ) - refuge, path, destination, movement

• न (na) - not, no

• अन्या (anyā) - another, other

• क्षत्रियस्य (kṣatriyasya) - of a `kṣatriya`

• तथा (tathā) - similarly, so, thus

• द्विजाः (dvijāḥ) - O `dvijas` (twice-born ones/brahmins) (O twice-born ones)

Words meanings and morphology

यथा (yathā) - just as, as, in which way

(indeclinable)

पत्याश्रयः (patyāśrayaḥ) - dependent on husband, having husband as support

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of patyāśraya

patyāśraya - dependent on husband, relying on husband

compound of pati (husband) and āśraya (reliance/refuge)

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (pati+āśraya)

• pati – husband, lord, master, owner
  noun (masculine)
• āśraya – refuge, support, reliance, shelter
  noun (masculine)
  from ā-√śri (to lean upon)
  Prefix: ā
  Root: √śri (class 1)

धर्मः (dharmaḥ) - intrinsic nature (dharma) (natural law, intrinsic nature, duty, righteousness)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of dharma

dharma - natural law, intrinsic nature, duty, righteousness, virtue, custom, religion

from √dhṛ (to support, maintain)

Root: √dhṛ (class 1)

स्त्रीणाम् (strīṇām) - of women

(noun)

Genitive, feminine, plural of strī

strī - woman, wife, female

लोके (loke) - in the world, in the realm

(noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of loka

loka - world, realm, universe, people

युधिष्ठिर (yudhiṣṭhira) - O Yudhishthira (a king, eldest of the Pandavas)

(proper noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of yudhiṣṭhira

yudhiṣṭhira - firm in battle (name of the eldest Pandava brother)

compound: yudhi (in battle) + sthira (firm)

सः (saḥ) - he

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

देवः (devaḥ) - god, deity

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of deva

deva - god, deity, divine being

सा (sā) - she, that (feminine)

(pronoun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

गतिः (gatiḥ) - refuge, path, destination, movement

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of gati

gati - going, movement, path, course, condition, refuge, destination

from √gam (to go)

Root: √gam (class 1)

न (na) - not, no

(indeclinable)

अन्या (anyā) - another, other

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of anya

anya - other, another, different

क्षत्रियस्य (kṣatriyasya) - of a `kṣatriya`

(noun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of kṣatriya

kṣatriya - a member of the warrior or ruling class

तथा (tathā) - similarly, so, thus

(indeclinable)

द्विजाः (dvijāḥ) - O `dvijas` (twice-born ones/brahmins) (O twice-born ones)

(noun)

Vocative, masculine, plural of dvija

dvija - twice-born (a brahmin, kshatriya, or vaishya; also a bird or a tooth)

compound of dvi (twice) and ja (born)

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (dvi+ja)

• dvi – two, twice
  numeral
• ja – born, produced from
  adjective (masculine)
  agent noun/suffix
  from root √jan (to be born)
  Root: √jan (class 4)