वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-4, chapter-49, verse-3

तेषां तत्रैव वसतां
स कालो व्यत्यवर्तत ॥३॥

3. teṣāṃ tatraiva vasatāṃ
sa kālo vyatyavartata.

3. teṣām tatra eva vasatām
saḥ kālaḥ vyatyavartata

3. teṣām tatra eva vasatām
saḥ kālaḥ vyatyavartata

3. While they were staying right there, that period of time elapsed.

Words meanings summery:

• तेषाम् (teṣām) - of them

• तत्र (tatra) - there, in that place

• एव (eva) - indeed, just, only, right

• वसताम् (vasatām) - of those living/staying

• सः (saḥ) - that

• कालः (kālaḥ) - time, period

• व्यत्यवर्तत (vyatyavartata) - elapsed, passed by

Words meanings and morphology

तेषाम् (teṣām) - of them

(pronoun)

Genitive, masculine, plural of tad

tad - that, those

तत्र (tatra) - there, in that place

(indeclinable)

एव (eva) - indeed, just, only, right

(indeclinable)

वसताम् (vasatām) - of those living/staying

(participle)

Genitive, masculine, plural of vasat

vasat - living, dwelling, staying

present active participle

Derived from root vas (to dwell, to live)

Root: vas (class 1)

Note: Agrees with 'teṣām'

सः (saḥ) - that

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, those

कालः (kālaḥ) - time, period

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of kāla

kāla - time, period, season, epoch

व्यत्यवर्तत (vyatyavartata) - elapsed, passed by

(verb)

3rd person , singular, middle, past imperfect (laṅ) of vyativṛt

imperfect middle indicative

3rd singular imperfect middle of root vṛt with prefixes vyati

Prefixes: vi+ati

Root: vṛt (class 1)