महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-12, chapter-326, verse-4

प्रवालाङ्कुरवर्णश्च श्वेतवर्णः क्वचिद्बभौ ।
क्वचित्सुवर्णवर्णाभो वैडूर्यसदृशः क्वचित् ॥४॥

4. pravālāṅkuravarṇaśca śvetavarṇaḥ kvacidbabhau ,
kvacitsuvarṇavarṇābho vaiḍūryasadṛśaḥ kvacit.

4. pravālāṅkuravarṇaḥ ca śvetavarṇaḥ kvacit babhau
kvacit suvarṇavarṇābhaḥ vaiḍūryasadṛśaḥ kvacit

4. kvacit pravālāṅkuravarṇaḥ ca kvacit śvetavarṇaḥ
babhau kvacit suvarṇavarṇābhaḥ kvacit vaiḍūryasadṛśaḥ

4. And sometimes, it shone with the color of new coral shoots; sometimes it was white. Sometimes it had the hue of gold, and sometimes it resembled a cat's eye gem.

Words meanings summery:

• प्रवालाङ्कुरवर्णः (pravālāṅkuravarṇaḥ) - of the color of new coral shoots

• च (ca) - and (and, also)

• श्वेतवर्णः (śvetavarṇaḥ) - white (white-colored, of white hue)

• क्वचित् (kvacit) - sometimes (sometimes, somewhere, in some place)

• बभौ (babhau) - shone (shone, appeared, became)

• क्वचित् (kvacit) - sometimes (sometimes, somewhere, in some place)

• सुवर्णवर्णाभः (suvarṇavarṇābhaḥ) - having the hue of gold (having the hue of gold, golden-colored)

• वैडूर्यसदृशः (vaiḍūryasadṛśaḥ) - resembling a cat's eye gem (resembling a cat's eye gem (lapis lazuli))

• क्वचित् (kvacit) - sometimes (sometimes, somewhere, in some place)

Words meanings and morphology

प्रवालाङ्कुरवर्णः (pravālāṅkuravarṇaḥ) - of the color of new coral shoots

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of pravālāṅkuravarṇa

pravālāṅkuravarṇa - of the color of new coral shoots

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (pravālāṅkura+varṇa)

• pravālāṅkura – new coral shoot
  noun (masculine)
  Compound: pravālasya aṅkuraḥ (6th tatpuruṣa)
• varṇa – color, tint, hue
  noun (masculine)
  Root: vṛ (class 5)

च (ca) - and (and, also)

(indeclinable)

श्वेतवर्णः (śvetavarṇaḥ) - white (white-colored, of white hue)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of śvetavarṇa

śvetavarṇa - white-colored

Compound type : karmadhāraya (śveta+varṇa)

• śveta – white, bright
  adjective
• varṇa – color, tint, hue
  noun (masculine)
  Root: vṛ (class 5)

क्वचित् (kvacit) - sometimes (sometimes, somewhere, in some place)

(indeclinable)

From kva (where) + cit (particle)

बभौ (babhau) - shone (shone, appeared, became)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, perfect (lit) of bhā

Perfect active

Reduplicated perfect form

Root: bhā (class 2)

क्वचित् (kvacit) - sometimes (sometimes, somewhere, in some place)

(indeclinable)

From kva (where) + cit (particle)

सुवर्णवर्णाभः (suvarṇavarṇābhaḥ) - having the hue of gold (having the hue of gold, golden-colored)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of suvarṇavarṇābha

suvarṇavarṇābha - having the hue of gold

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (suvarṇavarṇa+ābhā)

• suvarṇavarṇa – golden color
  noun (masculine)
  Compound: suvarṇasya varṇaḥ (6th tatpuruṣa)
• ābhā – light, luster, splendor, beauty
  noun (feminine)
  From ā + bhā (to shine)
  Prefix: ā
  Root: bhā (class 2)

वैडूर्यसदृशः (vaiḍūryasadṛśaḥ) - resembling a cat's eye gem (resembling a cat's eye gem (lapis lazuli))

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of vaiḍūryasadṛśa

vaiḍūryasadṛśa - resembling a cat's eye gem

Compound: vaiḍūryeṇa sadṛśaḥ (3rd tatpuruṣa)

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (vaiḍūrya+sadṛśa)

• vaiḍūrya – cat's eye gem, lapis lazuli, beryl
  noun (neuter)
• sadṛśa – similar, resembling, like
  adjective
  sa (with) + dṛś (appearance)
  Root: dṛś (class 1)

क्वचित् (kvacit) - sometimes (sometimes, somewhere, in some place)

(indeclinable)

From kva (where) + cit (particle)