वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-2, chapter-94, verse-30

कच्चिदष्टादशान्येषु स्वपक्षे दश पञ्च च ।
त्रिभिस्त्रिभिरविज्ञातैर्वेत्सि तीर्थानि चारकैः ॥३०॥

30. kaccidaṣṭādaśānyeṣu svapakṣe daśa pañca ca ,
tribhistribhiravijñātairvetsi tīrthāni cārakaiḥ.

30. kaccit aṣṭādaśa anyeṣu svapakṣe daśa pañca ca
tribhiḥ tribhiḥ avijñātaiḥ vetsi tīrthāni cārakaiḥ

30. kaccit anyeṣu aṣṭādaśa,
svapakṣe daśa pañca ca tīrthāni,
tribhiḥ tribhiḥ avijñātaiḥ cārakaiḥ vetsi?

30. I hope you ascertain the eighteen vital points (tīrthas) in the enemy's territories and the fifteen in your own domain, employing agents (cārakas) in groups of three for each, who remain undetected.

Words meanings summery:

• कच्चित् (kaccit) - interrogative particle, I hope, surely

• अष्टादश (aṣṭādaśa) - eighteen

• अन्येषु (anyeṣu) - in the enemies' territories (among others, in the territories of others)

• स्वपक्षे (svapakṣe) - in your own domain (in one's own party/side)

• दश (daśa) - ten

• पञ्च (pañca) - five

• च (ca) - and

• त्रिभिः (tribhiḥ) - in groups of three (by three, with three)

• त्रिभिः (tribhiḥ) - in groups of three (by three, with three)

• अविज्ञातैः (avijñātaiḥ) - undetected (unknown, unnoticed, unperceived)

• वेत्सि (vetsi) - you know, you ascertain

• तीर्थानि (tīrthāni) - vital points of administration/power (sacred places, vital points, administrative departments)

• चारकैः (cārakaiḥ) - by spies, by agents

Words meanings and morphology

कच्चित् (kaccit) - interrogative particle, I hope, surely

(indeclinable)

अष्टादश (aṣṭādaśa) - eighteen

(numeral)

Compound type : dvandva (aṣṭa+daśan)

• aṣṭa – eight
  numeral
• daśan – ten
  numeral

Note: can be an adjective agreeing with 'tīrthāni'

अन्येषु (anyeṣu) - in the enemies' territories (among others, in the territories of others)

(pronoun)

Locative, masculine, plural of anya

anya - other, different

स्वपक्षे (svapakṣe) - in your own domain (in one's own party/side)

(noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of svapakṣa

svapakṣa - one's own party, one's own side, one's own domain

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (sva+pakṣa)

• sva – own, one's own
  adjective (masculine)
• pakṣa – side, party, wing, domain
  noun (masculine)

दश (daśa) - ten

(numeral)

पञ्च (pañca) - five

(numeral)

च (ca) - and

(indeclinable)

त्रिभिः (tribhiḥ) - in groups of three (by three, with three)

(numeral)

Note: Used distributively with repetition, 'three by three' or 'in groups of three'.

त्रिभिः (tribhiḥ) - in groups of three (by three, with three)

(numeral)

Note: Used distributively with repetition, 'three by three' or 'in groups of three'.

अविज्ञातैः (avijñātaiḥ) - undetected (unknown, unnoticed, unperceived)

(adjective)

Instrumental, masculine, plural of avijñāta

avijñāta - unknown, unnoticed, unperceived

Past Passive Participle

from root jñā (to know), with prefix vi and negative prefix a

Compound type : nañ-tatpuruṣa (a+vijñāta)

• a – not, un-
  indeclinable
  negative prefix
• vijñāta – known, perceived
  adjective (masculine)
  Past Passive Participle
  from root jñā (to know) with vi
  Prefix: vi
  Root: jñā (class 9)

वेत्सि (vetsi) - you know, you ascertain

(verb)

2nd person , singular, active, present (laṭ) of vid

present indicative, 2nd person singular

root vid, class 2

Root: vid (class 2)

तीर्थानि (tīrthāni) - vital points of administration/power (sacred places, vital points, administrative departments)

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, plural of tīrtha

tīrtha - ford, bathing place, sacred place, holy place, appropriate time, vital point, administrative department

चारकैः (cārakaiḥ) - by spies, by agents

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, plural of cāraka

cāraka - spy, messenger, agent

from root car (to move, to roam)

Root: car (class 1)

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