महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-3, chapter-90, verse-6

दधीच इव देवेन्द्रं यथा चाप्यङ्गिरा रविम् ।
तथा रक्षस्व कौन्तेयं राक्षसेभ्यो द्विजोत्तम ॥६॥

6. dadhīca iva devendraṁ yathā cāpyaṅgirā ravim ,
tathā rakṣasva kaunteyaṁ rākṣasebhyo dvijottama.

6. dadīcaḥ iva devendram yathā ca api aṅgirā ravim
tathā rakṣasva kaunteyam rākṣasebhyaḥ dvijottama

6. O best among the twice-born (dvijottama), just as Dadīci protected the king of devas (Devendra), and as Aṅgirā protected the sun (Ravi), so too should you protect the son of Kuntī from rākṣasas.

Words meanings summery:

• ददीचः (dadīcaḥ) - Dadīci (a sage)

• इव (iva) - like, as, as it were

• देवेन्द्रम् (devendram) - the king of devas (Indra)

• यथा (yathā) - as, just as

• च (ca) - and, also

• अपि (api) - also, even

• अङ्गिरा (aṅgirā) - Aṅgirā (a sage)

• रविम् (ravim) - the sun

• तथा (tathā) - so, thus, in that manner

• रक्षस्व (rakṣasva) - protect!

• कौन्तेयम् (kaunteyam) - the son of Kuntī (Arjuna)

• राक्षसेभ्यः (rākṣasebhyaḥ) - from rākṣasas, from demons

• द्विजोत्तम (dvijottama) - O best of the twice-born, O best Brahmin

Words meanings and morphology

ददीचः (dadīcaḥ) - Dadīci (a sage)

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of dadīca

dadīca - name of a celebrated ancient sage

Note: Subject of an implied verb "protected".

इव (iva) - like, as, as it were

(indeclinable)

Note: Indicates comparison.

देवेन्द्रम् (devendram) - the king of devas (Indra)

(proper noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of devendra

devendra - Indra, king of the devas (gods)

Compound type : tatpurusha (deva+indra)

• deva – god, deity
  noun (masculine)
• indra – Indra, lord, chief
  proper noun (masculine)

Note: Object of implied verb "protected".

यथा (yathā) - as, just as

(indeclinable)

Note: Corresponds to 'tathā'.

च (ca) - and, also

(indeclinable)

Note: Connects clauses.

अपि (api) - also, even

(indeclinable)

Note: Emphatic "also".

अङ्गिरा (aṅgirā) - Aṅgirā (a sage)

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of aṅgiras

aṅgiras - name of a class of celestial beings, a sage (Aṅgirā)

Note: Subject of an implied verb "protected".

रविम् (ravim) - the sun

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of ravi

ravi - sun, sun god

Note: Object of implied verb "protected".

तथा (tathā) - so, thus, in that manner

(indeclinable)

Note: Corresponds to 'yathā'.

रक्षस्व (rakṣasva) - protect!

(verb)

2nd person , singular, middle, imperative (loṭ) of rakṣ

Root: rakṣ (class 1)

Note: Ātmanepada imperative.

कौन्तेयम् (kaunteyam) - the son of Kuntī (Arjuna)

(proper noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of kaunteya

kaunteya - son of Kuntī (e.g., Arjuna, Bhīma, Yudhiṣṭhira)

Taddhita derivation from Kuntī

Note: Object of 'rakṣasva'.

राक्षसेभ्यः (rākṣasebhyaḥ) - from rākṣasas, from demons

(noun)

Ablative, masculine, plural of rākṣasa

rākṣasa - a rākṣasa, demon, evil being

Note: Indicates the source from which protection is needed. Also dative.

द्विजोत्तम (dvijottama) - O best of the twice-born, O best Brahmin

(noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of dvijottama

dvijottama - best of the twice-born, best Brahmin

Compound type : tatpurusha (dvija+uttama)

• dvija – twice-born (Brahmin, Kṣatriya, Vaiśya), bird, tooth
  noun (masculine)
• uttama – best, highest, supreme, excellent
  adjective (masculine)

Note: Addressed to the speaker.