महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-5, chapter-34, verse-36

पर्जन्यनाथाः पशवो राजानो मित्रबान्धवाः ।
पतयो बान्धवाः स्त्रीणां ब्राह्मणा वेदबान्धवाः ॥३६॥

36. parjanyanāthāḥ paśavo rājāno mitrabāndhavāḥ ,
patayo bāndhavāḥ strīṇāṁ brāhmaṇā vedabāndhavāḥ.

36. parjanyanāthāḥ paśavaḥ rājānaḥ mitrabāndhavāḥ
patayaḥ bāndhavāḥ strīṇām brāhmaṇāḥ vedabāndhavāḥ

36. Animals depend on rain (Parjanya), kings depend on friends, women depend on their husbands, and brahmins depend on the Veda.

Words meanings summery:

• पर्जन्यनाथाः (parjanyanāthāḥ) - having Parjanya (rain god) as protector/lord, dependent on rain

• पशवः (paśavaḥ) - animals, cattle, beasts

• राजानः (rājānaḥ) - kings, rulers

• मित्रबान्धवाः (mitrabāndhavāḥ) - having friends as relatives/kinsmen/supporters, dependent on friends

• पतयः (patayaḥ) - husbands, lords, masters

• बान्धवाः (bāndhavāḥ) - relatives, kinsmen, friends, supporters

• स्त्रीणाम् (strīṇām) - of women

• ब्राह्मणाः (brāhmaṇāḥ) - brahmins

• वेदबान्धवाः (vedabāndhavāḥ) - having the Veda as a relative/kinsman/supporter, dependent on the Veda

Words meanings and morphology

पर्जन्यनाथाः (parjanyanāthāḥ) - having Parjanya (rain god) as protector/lord, dependent on rain

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of parjanyanātha

parjanyanātha - having Parjanya as protector, dependent on Parjanya

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (parjanya+nātha)

• parjanya – rain god, cloud, rain
  proper noun (masculine)
• nātha – lord, protector, master, refuge
  noun (masculine)
  Root: nāth (class 1)

Note: Qualifies paśavaḥ.

पशवः (paśavaḥ) - animals, cattle, beasts

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of paśu

paśu - animal, cattle, beast

राजानः (rājānaḥ) - kings, rulers

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of rājan

rājan - king, ruler

Root: rāj (class 1)

मित्रबान्धवाः (mitrabāndhavāḥ) - having friends as relatives/kinsmen/supporters, dependent on friends

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of mitrabāndhava

mitrabāndhava - one whose relatives are friends, having friends as kinsmen

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (mitra+bāndhava)

• mitra – friend, companion
  noun (masculine)
• bāndhava – kinsman, relative, friend
  noun (masculine)
  Root: bandh

Note: Qualifies rājānaḥ.

पतयः (patayaḥ) - husbands, lords, masters

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of pati

pati - master, lord, husband

Root: pā (class 2)

बान्धवाः (bāndhavāḥ) - relatives, kinsmen, friends, supporters

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of bāndhava

bāndhava - kinsman, relative, friend

Root: bandh

Note: Used as a predicate nominative here, 'husbands are the kinsmen'.

स्त्रीणाम् (strīṇām) - of women

(noun)

Genitive, feminine, plural of strī

strī - woman, wife, female

Root: strī

ब्राह्मणाः (brāhmaṇāḥ) - brahmins

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of brāhmaṇa

brāhmaṇa - a brahmin, one belonging to the priestly class

from root bṛh

Root: bṛh (class 1)

वेदबान्धवाः (vedabāndhavāḥ) - having the Veda as a relative/kinsman/supporter, dependent on the Veda

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of vedabāndhava

vedabāndhava - one whose kinsman is the Veda, supported by the Veda

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (veda+bāndhava)

• veda – Veda (sacred Hindu scriptures), knowledge
  noun (masculine)
  from root vid
  Root: vid (class 2)
• bāndhava – kinsman, relative, friend
  noun (masculine)
  Root: bandh

Note: Qualifies brāhmaṇāḥ.