महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-4, chapter-47, verse-4

तेषामभ्यधिका मासाः पञ्च द्वादश च क्षपाः ।
त्रयोदशानां वर्षाणामिति मे वर्तते मतिः ॥४॥

4. teṣāmabhyadhikā māsāḥ pañca dvādaśa ca kṣapāḥ ,
trayodaśānāṁ varṣāṇāmiti me vartate matiḥ.

4. teṣām abhyadhikā māsāḥ pañca dvādaśa ca kṣapāḥ
trayodaśānām varṣāṇām iti me vartate matiḥ

4. Regarding these [cycles], there are five months and twelve additional nights over a period of thirteen years. This is my understanding (mati).

Words meanings summery:

• तेषाम् (teṣām) - Refers to the cyclical divisions of time. (of them, among them)

• अभ्यधिका (abhyadhikā) - Qualifies 'kṣapāḥ' (nights) as additional. (additional, extra, supernumerary)

• मासाः (māsāḥ) - months

• पञ्च (pañca) - five

• द्वादश (dvādaśa) - twelve

• च (ca) - and, also

• क्षपाः (kṣapāḥ) - In a calendrical context, refers to days or day-nights as a unit of time measurement. (nights, days and nights)

• त्रयोदशानाम् (trayodaśānām) - of thirteen

• वर्षाणाम् (varṣāṇām) - of years

• इति (iti) - Marks the end of a statement or thought. (thus, in this way, so)

• मे (me) - my, to me

• वर्तते (vartate) - is, exists

• मतिः (matiḥ) - opinion, thought, understanding

Words meanings and morphology

तेषाम् (teṣām) - Refers to the cyclical divisions of time. (of them, among them)

(pronoun)

Genitive, masculine, plural of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

अभ्यधिका (abhyadhikā) - Qualifies 'kṣapāḥ' (nights) as additional. (additional, extra, supernumerary)

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, plural of abhyadhika

abhyadhika - additional, exceeding, supernumerary

Derived from abhi-adhi-i 'to go over, surpass'.

Prefixes: abhi+adhi

Root: i (class 2)

मासाः (māsāḥ) - months

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of māsa

māsa - month

पञ्च (pañca) - five

(numeral)

द्वादश (dvādaśa) - twelve

(numeral)

च (ca) - and, also

(indeclinable)

क्षपाः (kṣapāḥ) - In a calendrical context, refers to days or day-nights as a unit of time measurement. (nights, days and nights)

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, plural of kṣapā

kṣapā - night, day and night (as a unit)

त्रयोदशानाम् (trayodaśānām) - of thirteen

(numeral)

वर्षाणाम् (varṣāṇām) - of years

(noun)

Genitive, neuter, plural of varṣa

varṣa - year, rain

इति (iti) - Marks the end of a statement or thought. (thus, in this way, so)

(indeclinable)

मे (me) - my, to me

(pronoun)

Genitive, singular of aham

aham - I

वर्तते (vartate) - is, exists

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, present (laṭ) of vṛt

Present Middle

Root vṛt (class 1), ātmanepada, present tense, 3rd person singular.

Root: vṛt (class 1)

मतिः (matiḥ) - opinion, thought, understanding

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of mati

mati - mind, thought, opinion, intention

Note: Subject of 'vartate'.