महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-3, chapter-242, verse-12

वयमप्युपयास्यामो न त्विदानीं कथंचन ।
समयः परिपाल्यो नो यावद्वर्षं त्रयोदशम् ॥१२॥

12. vayamapyupayāsyāmo na tvidānīṁ kathaṁcana ,
samayaḥ paripālyo no yāvadvarṣaṁ trayodaśam.

12. vayam api upayāsyāmaḥ na tu idānīm kathaṃcana
samayaḥ paripālyaḥ naḥ yāvadvarsam trayodaśam

12. We will certainly come, but not now, under any circumstances. Our agreement (samaya) must be honored until thirteen years have passed.

Words meanings summery:

• वयम् (vayam) - we

• अपि (api) - also, even, too

• उपयास्यामः (upayāsyāmaḥ) - we will go, we will come

• न (na) - not, no

• तु (tu) - but, indeed, yet

• इदानीम् (idānīm) - now, at present

• कथंचन (kathaṁcana) - by any means, under any circumstances, never

• समयः (samayaḥ) - agreement, pact, appointed time, term

• परिपाल्यः (paripālyaḥ) - to be observed, to be protected, to be kept

• नः (naḥ) - by us (referring to the obligation on them) (our, by us)

• यावद्वर्सम् (yāvadvarsam) - for as long as a year, until a year

• त्रयोदशम् (trayodaśam) - thirteenth, thirteen

Words meanings and morphology

वयम् (vayam) - we

(pronoun)

Nominative, plural of asmad

asmad - I, we

अपि (api) - also, even, too

(indeclinable)

उपयास्यामः (upayāsyāmaḥ) - we will go, we will come

(verb)

1st person , plural, active, future indicative (lṛṭ) of upayā

Root √yā (to go) with upasarga upa-

Prefix: upa

Root: yā (class 2)

न (na) - not, no

(indeclinable)

तु (tu) - but, indeed, yet

(indeclinable)

इदानीम् (idānīm) - now, at present

(indeclinable)

कथंचन (kathaṁcana) - by any means, under any circumstances, never

(indeclinable)

Compound type : compound (katham+cana)

• katham – how, in what manner
  indeclinable
• cana – and, also, indeed (often with interrogative or negative to form indefinite or negative expressions)
  indeclinable

Note: With 'na' means 'not by any means', 'never'.

समयः (samayaḥ) - agreement, pact, appointed time, term

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of samaya

samaya - agreement, compact, covenant, pact, appointed time, term, oath

Root: i (class 2)

Note: Refers to the 13-year exile pact.

परिपाल्यः (paripālyaḥ) - to be observed, to be protected, to be kept

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of paripālya

paripālya - to be protected, to be preserved, to be observed

Gerundive

Gerundive form of root √pāl (to protect, govern) with upasarga pari-

Prefix: pari

Root: pāl (class 10)

Note: Implies obligation: 'must be observed'

नः (naḥ) - by us (referring to the obligation on them) (our, by us)

(pronoun)

Genitive, plural of asmad

asmad - I, we

Note: Can be used for dative or genitive. Here, 'by us' implying agency for the gerundive, or 'our' pact.

यावद्वर्सम् (yāvadvarsam) - for as long as a year, until a year

(indeclinable)

Compound type : avyayibhava (yāvat+varsa)

• yāvat – as long as, until, as much as
  indeclinable
• varsa – year
  noun (neuter)

Note: Describes duration, 'until the year (thirteenth)'

त्रयोदशम् (trayodaśam) - thirteenth, thirteen

(adjective)

Accusative, neuter, singular of trayodaśa

trayodaśa - thirteenth, thirteen

Note: Qualifies 'varṣam' implicitly, meaning 'the thirteenth year'.