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3,10

वाल्मीकि-रामायणम्       vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-3, chapter-10, verse-24

क्व चिच्च चतुरो मासान्पञ्चषट् चापरान् क्व चित् ।
अपरत्राधिकान्मासानध्यर्धमधिकं क्व चित् ॥२४॥
24. kva cicca caturo māsānpañcaṣaṭ cāparān kva cit ,
aparatrādhikānmāsānadhyardhamadhikaṃ kva cit.
24. kva cit ca caturaḥ māsān pañcaṣaṭ ca aparān kva cit
aparatī adhikān māsān adhyardham adhikam kva cit
24. ca kva cit caturaḥ māsān ca aparān pañcaṣaṭ kva cit
aparatī adhikān māsān kva cit adhyardham adhikam
24. And sometimes he stayed for four months, and at other times for five or six months. In other places, sometimes for more months, and sometimes for one and a half months more.

Words meanings summery:

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  • क्व (kva) - sometimes (where? sometimes)
  • चित् (cit) - (part of 'sometimes') (a particle used to denote indefiniteness or distribution)
  • (ca) - and (and, also)
  • चतुरः (caturaḥ) - four (months) (four)
  • मासान् (māsān) - months (duration of stay) (months)
  • पञ्चषट् (pañcaṣaṭ) - five or six (months) (five or six)
  • (ca) - and (and, also)
  • अपरान् (aparān) - other (months or other places for that duration) (other, different)
  • क्व (kva) - sometimes (where? sometimes)
  • चित् (cit) - (part of 'sometimes') (a particle used to denote indefiniteness or distribution)
  • अपरत्र (aparatra) - in another place (elsewhere, in another place, at another time)
  • अधिकान् (adhikān) - more (months) (more, exceeding, additional)
  • मासान् (māsān) - months (duration) (months)
  • अध्यर्धम् (adhyardham) - one and a half (months) (one and a half)
  • अधिकम् (adhikam) - more (months, in addition to the one and a half) (more, additional)
  • क्व (kva) - sometimes (where? sometimes)
  • चित् (cit) - (part of 'sometimes') (a particle used to denote indefiniteness or distribution)

Words meanings and morphology

क्व (kva) - sometimes (where? sometimes)
(indeclinable)
चित् (cit) - (part of 'sometimes') (a particle used to denote indefiniteness or distribution)
(indeclinable)
(ca) - and (and, also)
(indeclinable)
चतुरः (caturaḥ) - four (months) (four)
(numeral)
Note: Qualifies 'māsān'.
मासान् (māsān) - months (duration of stay) (months)
(noun)
Accusative, masculine, plural of māsa
māsa - month
Note: Denotes duration, thus accusative case.
पञ्चषट् (pañcaṣaṭ) - five or six (months) (five or six)
(numeral)
Compound type : dvandva (pañcan+ṣaṣ)
  • pañcan – five
    numeral
  • ṣaṣ – six
    numeral
Note: Refers to a number of months, implied by context.
(ca) - and (and, also)
(indeclinable)
अपरान् (aparān) - other (months or other places for that duration) (other, different)
(adjective)
Accusative, masculine, plural of apara
apara - other, posterior, inferior, different
Note: Qualifies implied 'māsān'.
क्व (kva) - sometimes (where? sometimes)
(indeclinable)
चित् (cit) - (part of 'sometimes') (a particle used to denote indefiniteness or distribution)
(indeclinable)
अपरत्र (aparatra) - in another place (elsewhere, in another place, at another time)
(indeclinable)
Derived from apara (other) + -tra suffix
अधिकान् (adhikān) - more (months) (more, exceeding, additional)
(adjective)
Accusative, masculine, plural of adhika
adhika - more, excessive, additional, superior
From adhi- (upon, over) + -ka suffix
Note: Qualifies 'māsān'.
मासान् (māsān) - months (duration) (months)
(noun)
Accusative, masculine, plural of māsa
māsa - month
Note: Denotes duration.
अध्यर्धम् (adhyardham) - one and a half (months) (one and a half)
(numeral)
Compound type : tatpuruṣa (adhi+ardha)
  • adhi – over, above, upon, in addition to
    indeclinable
  • ardha – half, a part
    noun (neuter)
Note: Used adverbially to specify amount.
अधिकम् (adhikam) - more (months, in addition to the one and a half) (more, additional)
(indeclinable)
From adhi- (upon, over) + -ka suffix
Note: Adverbial usage of neuter accusative singular.
क्व (kva) - sometimes (where? sometimes)
(indeclinable)
चित् (cit) - (part of 'sometimes') (a particle used to denote indefiniteness or distribution)
(indeclinable)