महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-5, chapter-174, verse-7

पतिर्वापि गतिर्नार्याः पिता वा वरवर्णिनि ।
गतिः पतिः समस्थाया विषमे तु पिता गतिः ॥७॥

7. patirvāpi gatirnāryāḥ pitā vā varavarṇini ,
gatiḥ patiḥ samasthāyā viṣame tu pitā gatiḥ.

7. patiḥ vā api gatiḥ nāryāḥ pitā vā varavarṇini
gatiḥ patiḥ samasthāyāḥ viṣame tu pitā gatiḥ

7. varavarṇini nāryāḥ patiḥ vā api pitā vā gatiḥ
samasthāyāḥ patiḥ gatiḥ tu viṣame pitā gatiḥ

7. O lady of excellent complexion (varavarṇinī), for a woman (nārī), her husband (pati) or her father is her refuge (gati). The husband is the refuge for one in a normal situation, but in a difficult one, the father is the refuge.

Words meanings summery:

• पतिः (patiḥ) - husband (husband, lord, master, owner)

• वा (vā) - or (or, either)

• अपि (api) - even (also, even, too, moreover)

• गतिः (gatiḥ) - refuge (going, motion, path, course, refuge, destination)

• नार्याः (nāryāḥ) - for a woman (of a woman, for a woman)

• पिता (pitā) - father

• वा (vā) - or (or, either)

• वरवर्णिनि (varavarṇini) - O lady of excellent complexion (varavarṇinī) (O lady of excellent complexion, O beautiful woman)

• गतिः (gatiḥ) - refuge (going, motion, path, course, refuge, destination)

• पतिः (patiḥ) - husband (husband, lord, master, owner)

• समस्थायाः (samasthāyāḥ) - for one in a normal situation (of one in a normal state, of one in an equal situation)

• विषमे (viṣame) - in a difficult situation (in a difficult situation, in an uneven place, in adversity)

• तु (tu) - but (but, on the other hand, indeed)

• पिता (pitā) - father

• गतिः (gatiḥ) - refuge (going, motion, path, course, refuge, destination)

Words meanings and morphology

पतिः (patiḥ) - husband (husband, lord, master, owner)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of pati

pati - husband, lord, master, owner

वा (vā) - or (or, either)

(indeclinable)

अपि (api) - even (also, even, too, moreover)

(indeclinable)

गतिः (gatiḥ) - refuge (going, motion, path, course, refuge, destination)

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of gati

gati - going, motion, course, path, refuge, destination, state, condition

From √gam (to go)

Root: gam (class 1)

नार्याः (nāryāḥ) - for a woman (of a woman, for a woman)

(noun)

Genitive, feminine, singular of nārī

nārī - woman, female

Note: Denotes possession or 'for whom'.

पिता (pitā) - father

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of pitṛ

pitṛ - father

वा (vā) - or (or, either)

(indeclinable)

वरवर्णिनि (varavarṇini) - O lady of excellent complexion (varavarṇinī) (O lady of excellent complexion, O beautiful woman)

(noun)

Vocative, feminine, singular of varavarṇinī

varavarṇinī - a beautiful woman, a woman of excellent complexion

Compound (vara + varṇinī)

Compound type : karmadhāraya (vara+varṇinī)

• vara – excellent, best, choice, boon
  adjective (masculine)
• varṇinī – woman, one having a colour/appearance
  noun (feminine)
  From varṇa (color, appearance) + -inī suffix

गतिः (gatiḥ) - refuge (going, motion, path, course, refuge, destination)

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of gati

gati - going, motion, course, path, refuge, destination, state, condition

From √gam (to go)

Root: gam (class 1)

पतिः (patiḥ) - husband (husband, lord, master, owner)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of pati

pati - husband, lord, master, owner

समस्थायाः (samasthāyāḥ) - for one in a normal situation (of one in a normal state, of one in an equal situation)

(noun)

Genitive, feminine, singular of samasthā

samasthā - equal state, normal condition, one who stands together, standing firm

From sama-√sthā (to stand together, to be in an equal state)

Prefix: sam

Root: sthā (class 1)

Note: Implies 'for a woman in a normal situation'.

विषमे (viṣame) - in a difficult situation (in a difficult situation, in an uneven place, in adversity)

(noun)

Locative, neuter, singular of viṣama

viṣama - uneven, difficult, arduous, critical, adverse

Compound (vi + sama)

Compound type : nañ-tatpuruṣa (vi+sama)

• vi – apart, asunder, reversal
  upasarga
• sama – equal, even, uniform
  adjective (masculine)

Note: Implies 'in a difficult circumstance or time'.

तु (tu) - but (but, on the other hand, indeed)

(indeclinable)

पिता (pitā) - father

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of pitṛ

pitṛ - father

गतिः (gatiḥ) - refuge (going, motion, path, course, refuge, destination)

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of gati

gati - going, motion, course, path, refuge, destination, state, condition

From √gam (to go)

Root: gam (class 1)