महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-3, chapter-102, verse-12

यावदागमनं मह्यं तावत्त्वं प्रतिपालय ।
निवृत्ते मयि शैलेन्द्र ततो वर्धस्व कामतः ॥१२॥

12. yāvadāgamanaṁ mahyaṁ tāvattvaṁ pratipālaya ,
nivṛtte mayi śailendra tato vardhasva kāmataḥ.

12. yāvat āgamanam mahyam tāvat tvam pratipālaya
nivṛtte mayi śailendra tataḥ vardhasva kāmataḥ

12. You should wait until my return. O chief of mountains, after I have returned, then you may grow as you desire.

Words meanings summery:

• यावत् (yāvat) - until (as long as, until, while)

• आगमनम् (āgamanam) - my return (coming, arrival, return)

• मह्यम् (mahyam) - my (return) (to me, for me, my)

• तावत् (tāvat) - then, meanwhile (so long, until then, then)

• त्वम् (tvam) - you

• प्रतिपालय (pratipālaya) - wait for (wait for, protect, observe)

• निवृत्ते (nivṛtte) - upon my return (locative absolute) (having returned, stopped, ceased)

• मयि (mayi) - when I (have returned) (in me, on me, regarding me)

• शैलेन्द्र (śailendra) - addressing Vindhya (O chief of mountains, O king of mountains)

• ततः (tataḥ) - then (then, thereupon, from there)

• वर्धस्व (vardhasva) - grow, increase, thrive

• कामतः (kāmataḥ) - as you desire (according to desire, at will, as wished)

Words meanings and morphology

यावत् (yāvat) - until (as long as, until, while)

(indeclinable)

Note: Temporal conjunction, implying 'until'.

आगमनम् (āgamanam) - my return (coming, arrival, return)

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of āgamana

āgamana - coming, approach, arrival, return

Prefix: ā

Root: gam (class 1)

Note: Subject of the implied clause 'yāvat āgamanam [bhavati]'.

मह्यम् (mahyam) - my (return) (to me, for me, my)

(pronoun)

Dative, singular of asmad

asmad - I, myself

Note: Dative of possession or interest: 'for me' or 'belonging to me'.

तावत् (tāvat) - then, meanwhile (so long, until then, then)

(indeclinable)

Note: Correlative to 'yāvat'.

त्वम् (tvam) - you

(pronoun)

Nominative, singular of yuṣmad

yuṣmad - you

Note: Subject of 'pratipālaya'.

प्रतिपालय (pratipālaya) - wait for (wait for, protect, observe)

(verb)

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

Imperative Active (Causative/Denominative stem)

from √pāl with upasarga prati, causative/denominative, 2nd person singular

Prefix: prati

Root: pāl (class 10)

निवृत्ते (nivṛtte) - upon my return (locative absolute) (having returned, stopped, ceased)

(adjective)

Locative, masculine, singular of nivṛtta

nivṛtta - returned, ceased, stopped, averted

Past Passive Participle

from √vṛt with upasarga ni

Prefix: ni

Root: vṛt (class 1)

Note: Used in locative absolute construction with 'mayi', meaning 'when I have returned'.

मयि (mayi) - when I (have returned) (in me, on me, regarding me)

(pronoun)

Locative, singular of asmad

asmad - I, myself

Note: Used in locative absolute construction with 'nivṛtte'.

शैलेन्द्र (śailendra) - addressing Vindhya (O chief of mountains, O king of mountains)

(noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of śailendra

śailendra - chief of mountains, king of mountains

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (śaila+indra)

• śaila – mountain, rock
  noun (masculine)
• indra – chief, lord, king
  noun (masculine)

Note: Direct address.

ततः (tataḥ) - then (then, thereupon, from there)

(indeclinable)

Note: Connects the clauses, indicating sequence.

वर्धस्व (vardhasva) - grow, increase, thrive

(verb)

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

Imperative Middle

from √vṛdh, 2nd person singular

Root: vṛdh (class 1)

Note: Middle voice, often for 'grow (yourself)'.

कामतः (kāmataḥ) - as you desire (according to desire, at will, as wished)

(indeclinable)

from kāma + suffix -tas

Note: Modifies 'vardhasva'.