महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-7, chapter-4, verse-3

पर्जन्य इव भूतानां प्रतिष्ठा सुहृदां भव ।
बान्धवास्त्वानुजीवन्तु सहस्राक्षमिवामराः ॥३॥

3. parjanya iva bhūtānāṁ pratiṣṭhā suhṛdāṁ bhava ,
bāndhavāstvānujīvantu sahasrākṣamivāmarāḥ.

3. parjanya iva bhūtānām pratiṣṭhā suhṛdām bhava
bāndhavāḥ tvā anujīvantu sahasrākṣam iva amarāḥ

3. bhūtānām parjanyaḥ iva suhṛdām pratiṣṭhā bhava
bāndhavāḥ amarāḥ sahasrākṣam iva tvā anujīvantu

3. Be a refuge for your friends, just as Parjanya (the rain god) is for all beings. Let your kinsmen depend on you, as the immortals (devas) depend on Indra (sahasrākṣa).

Words meanings summery:

• पर्जन्य (parjanya) - Parjanya, the Vedic rain-god (rain-god, cloud)

• इव (iva) - like, as, as if

• भूतानाम् (bhūtānām) - of all living beings (of beings, of creatures, of elements)

• प्रतिष्ठा (pratiṣṭhā) - a source of support and refuge (support, foundation, refuge, establishment)

• सुहृदाम् (suhṛdām) - of friends, of well-wishers

• भव (bhava) - you be (be, become, exist)

• बान्धवाः (bāndhavāḥ) - kinsmen, relatives, friends

• त्वा (tvā) - you (accusative)

• अनुजीवन्तु (anujīvantu) - let them live dependent on, let them subsist by

• सहस्राक्षम् (sahasrākṣam) - Indra, the thousand-eyed god (thousand-eyed)

• इव (iva) - like, as, as if

• अमराः (amarāḥ) - the celestial gods (devas) (immortals, gods)

Words meanings and morphology

पर्जन्य (parjanya) - Parjanya, the Vedic rain-god (rain-god, cloud)

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of parjanya

parjanya - rain-god, cloud, rain

इव (iva) - like, as, as if

(indeclinable)

भूतानाम् (bhūtānām) - of all living beings (of beings, of creatures, of elements)

(noun)

Genitive, neuter, plural of bhūta

bhūta - being, creature, element, past, happened

Past Passive Participle

From root √bhū (to be, become)

Root: bhū (class 1)

प्रतिष्ठा (pratiṣṭhā) - a source of support and refuge (support, foundation, refuge, establishment)

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of pratiṣṭhā

pratiṣṭhā - standing, position, foundation, support, refuge, fame

From prati-√sthā

Prefix: prati

Root: sthā (class 1)

सुहृदाम् (suhṛdām) - of friends, of well-wishers

(noun)

Genitive, masculine, plural of suhṛd

suhṛd - friend, well-wisher, good-hearted

Compound of su (good) + hṛd (heart)

Compound type : bahuvrihi (su+hṛd)

• su – good, well, excellent
  indeclinable
• hṛd – heart, mind, soul
  noun (neuter)

भव (bhava) - you be (be, become, exist)

(verb)

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

Imperative Mood

2nd person singular, imperative active

Root: bhū (class 1)

बान्धवाः (bāndhavāḥ) - kinsmen, relatives, friends

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of bāndhava

bāndhava - kinsman, relative, friend

त्वा (tvā) - you (accusative)

(pronoun)

Accusative, singular of yuṣmad

yuṣmad - you

अनुजीवन्तु (anujīvantu) - let them live dependent on, let them subsist by

(verb)

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

Imperative Mood

3rd person plural, imperative active

Prefix: anu

Root: jīv (class 1)

सहस्राक्षम् (sahasrākṣam) - Indra, the thousand-eyed god (thousand-eyed)

(proper noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of sahasrākṣa

sahasrākṣa - thousand-eyed; epithet of Indra

Compound of sahasra (thousand) + akṣa (eye)

Compound type : bahuvrihi (sahasra+akṣa)

• sahasra – thousand
  numeral (neuter)
• akṣa – eye
  noun (neuter)

इव (iva) - like, as, as if

(indeclinable)

अमराः (amarāḥ) - the celestial gods (devas) (immortals, gods)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of amara

amara - immortal, god, deity

Negation of mara (mortal)

Compound type : nañ-tatpuruṣa (a+mara)

• a – not, non-
  indeclinable
  Negating prefix
• mara – mortal, dying
  adjective
  From root √mṛ (to die)
  Root: mṛ (class 1)