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.

12. אך איני רואה דרך שבה נוכל ללכת אל אותו יער, ושבה המלך ירשה לי ללכת.

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)

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