महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-3, chapter-238, verse-23

भ्रातॄन्पालय विस्रब्धं मरुतो वृत्रहा यथा ।
बान्धवास्त्वोपजीवन्तु देवा इव शतक्रतुम् ॥२३॥

23. bhrātṝnpālaya visrabdhaṁ maruto vṛtrahā yathā ,
bāndhavāstvopajīvantu devā iva śatakratum.

23. bhrātṝn pālaya visrabdham marutaḥ vṛtrahā yathā
bāndhavāḥ tu upajīvantu devāḥ iva śatakratum

23. tvam bhrātṝn visrabdham pālaya,
yathā vṛtrahā marutaḥ (pālayati).
tu bāndhavāḥ devāḥ iva śatakratum upajīvantu.

23. Protect your brothers confidently, just as Vṛtrahā (Indra) protects the Maruts. And let your kinsmen depend on you, just as the gods depend on Śatakratu (Indra).

Words meanings summery:

• भ्रातॄन् (bhrātṝn) - The speaker (likely Bhīma or Vyāsa) tells Yudhiṣṭhira to protect his younger brothers. (brothers)

• पालय (pālaya) - Direct command to the listener (Yudhiṣṭhira) to safeguard his brothers. (protect, govern, cherish)

• विस्रब्धम् (visrabdham) - Implies acting with full assurance and without hesitation in protection. (confidently, trustingly, without fear)

• मरुतः (marutaḥ) - The celestial beings who are protected by Indra. (the Maruts (storm gods))

• वृत्रहा (vṛtrahā) - Indra, as the protector of the Maruts, serving as an ideal example for Yudhiṣṭhira. (Vṛtra-slayer, Indra)

• यथा (yathā) - Introduces a simile comparing Yudhiṣṭhira's role to Indra's. (as, just as, in which way)

• बान्धवाः (bāndhavāḥ) - Yudhiṣṭhira's extended family and supporters. (relatives, kinsmen, friends)

• तु (tu) - Connects the two parts of the exhortation. (but, indeed, moreover)

• उपजीवन्तु (upajīvantu) - A command/wish that relatives should look to Yudhiṣṭhira for support. (let them live by, let them depend on, let them subsist by)

• देवाः (devāḥ) - The celestial beings who are subservient to Indra. (gods)

• इव (iva) - Introduces a simile comparing the dependence of kinsmen on Yudhiṣṭhira to gods on Indra. (like, as, as if)

• शतक्रतुम् (śatakratum) - The king of the gods, who is the support of the other gods. (Indra (epithet: one who performed a hundred Vedic rituals))

Words meanings and morphology

भ्रातॄन् (bhrātṝn) - The speaker (likely Bhīma or Vyāsa) tells Yudhiṣṭhira to protect his younger brothers. (brothers)

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, plural of bhrātṛ

bhrātṛ - brother

Note: Object of `pālaya`.

पालय (pālaya) - Direct command to the listener (Yudhiṣṭhira) to safeguard his brothers. (protect, govern, cherish)

(verb)

2nd person , singular, active, imperative (loṭ) of pālay

Causative of root pā (to protect); denominative from pāla (protector).

Root: pā (class 1)

विस्रब्धम् (visrabdham) - Implies acting with full assurance and without hesitation in protection. (confidently, trustingly, without fear)

(indeclinable)

Past Passive Participle

From vi-srambh (to trust). Adverbial usage (neuter accusative singular).

Prefix: vi

Root: srambh (class 1)

Note: Functions as an adverb here.

मरुतः (marutaḥ) - The celestial beings who are protected by Indra. (the Maruts (storm gods))

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of marut

marut - wind, Marut (storm god)

Note: Implicitly the object of protection for Vṛtrahā, following `yathā`.

वृत्रहा (vṛtrahā) - Indra, as the protector of the Maruts, serving as an ideal example for Yudhiṣṭhira. (Vṛtra-slayer, Indra)

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of vṛtrahan

vṛtrahan - slayer of Vṛtra, Indra

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (vṛtra+han)

• vṛtra – Vṛtra (a demon)
  proper noun (masculine)
• han – slayer, killing
  noun (masculine)
  From root han (to strike, kill).
  Root: han (class 2)

Note: Subject of the implied verb `pālayati`.

यथा (yathā) - Introduces a simile comparing Yudhiṣṭhira's role to Indra's. (as, just as, in which way)

(indeclinable)

Note: Introduces a comparison.

बान्धवाः (bāndhavāḥ) - Yudhiṣṭhira's extended family and supporters. (relatives, kinsmen, friends)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of bāndhava

bāndhava - relative, kinsman, friend

Note: Subject of `upajīvantu`.

तु (tu) - Connects the two parts of the exhortation. (but, indeed, moreover)

(indeclinable)

Note: Adds emphasis or a slight contrast.

उपजीवन्तु (upajīvantu) - A command/wish that relatives should look to Yudhiṣṭhira for support. (let them live by, let them depend on, let them subsist by)

(verb)

3rd person , plural, active, imperative (loṭ) of upajīv

From upa- (prefix) + root jīv (to live).

Prefix: upa

Root: jīv (class 1)

Note: Takes accusative (`śatakratum`) as the object of dependence.

देवाः (devāḥ) - The celestial beings who are subservient to Indra. (gods)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of deva

deva - god, deity, divine being

Note: Subject of the implied `upajīvanti`.

इव (iva) - Introduces a simile comparing the dependence of kinsmen on Yudhiṣṭhira to gods on Indra. (like, as, as if)

(indeclinable)

Note: Introduces a comparison.

शतक्रतुम् (śatakratum) - The king of the gods, who is the support of the other gods. (Indra (epithet: one who performed a hundred Vedic rituals))

(proper noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of śatakratu

śatakratu - Indra (lit. 'he of a hundred Vedic rituals')

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (śata+kratu)

• śata – hundred
  numeral (neuter)
• kratu – Vedic ritual, sacrifice, power, intelligence
  noun (masculine)

Note: Object of `upajīvantu`.