महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-3, chapter-227, verse-12

उपायं न तु पश्यामि येन गच्छेम तद्वनम् ।
यथा चाभ्यनुजानीयाद्गच्छन्तं मां महीपतिः ॥१२॥

12. upāyaṁ na tu paśyāmi yena gacchema tadvanam ,
yathā cābhyanujānīyādgacchantaṁ māṁ mahīpatiḥ.

12. upāyam na tu paśyāmi yena gacchema tadvanam
yathā ca abhyanujānīyāt gacchantam mām mahīpatiḥ

12. However, I do not see any means by which we could go to that forest, nor how the king would permit me to go.

Words meanings summery:

• उपायम् (upāyam) - means, way, method, solution

• न (na) - not, no

• तु (tu) - but, however, indeed

• पश्यामि (paśyāmi) - I see, I perceive

• येन (yena) - by which, by whom

• गच्छेम (gacchema) - we might go, we should go

• तद्वनम् (tadvanam) - that forest

• यथा (yathā) - as, how, in which way

• च (ca) - and, also

• अभ्यनुजानीयात् (abhyanujānīyāt) - he might permit, he should permit

• गच्छन्तम् (gacchantam) - going, who is going

• माम् (mām) - me

• महीपतिः (mahīpatiḥ) - king, lord of the earth

Words meanings and morphology

उपायम् (upāyam) - means, way, method, solution

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of upāya

upāya - means, way, resource, expedient

Prefix: upa

Root: i (class 2)

न (na) - not, no

(indeclinable)

तु (tu) - but, however, indeed

(indeclinable)

पश्यामि (paśyāmi) - I see, I perceive

(verb)

1st person , singular, active, present (laṭ) of paśya

Present stem of dṛś, 1st class, parasmāipada

Root: dṛś (class 1)

येन (yena) - by which, by whom

(pronoun)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of yat

yat - which, who, what

गच्छेम (gacchema) - we might go, we should go

(verb)

1st person , plural, active, optative (vidhi-liṅ) of gam

Root: gam (class 1)

तद्वनम् (tadvanam) - that forest

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of tadvanam

tadvanam - that forest

Compound type : karmadhāraya (tat+vanam)

• tat – that
  pronoun (neuter)
• vanam – forest, wood
  noun (neuter)

यथा (yathā) - as, how, in which way

(indeclinable)

च (ca) - and, also

(indeclinable)

अभ्यनुजानीयात् (abhyanujānīyāt) - he might permit, he should permit

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, optative (vidhi-liṅ) of abhyanujñā

Prefixes: abhi+anu

Root: jñā (class 9)

गच्छन्तम् (gacchantam) - going, who is going

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, singular of gacchat

gacchat - going, moving

Present Active Participle

Root: gam (class 1)

माम् (mām) - me

(pronoun)

Accusative, singular of aham

aham - I

महीपतिः (mahīpatiḥ) - king, lord of the earth

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of mahīpati

mahīpati - king, lord of the earth

Compound type : tatpurusha (mahī+pati)

• mahī – earth, land
  noun (feminine)
• pati – lord, master, husband
  noun (masculine)