Chapter 11 — Aranya Kanda, Sarga 11

Valmiki Ramayana — Aranya Kanda

Verse 11.20

क्वचित् परिदशान् मासानेकसंवत्सरं क्वचित्॥ क्वचित चतुरो मासान् पञ्च षट् च परान् क्वचित। अपरत्राधिकान् मासानध्यर्धमधिकं क्वचित्॥ त्रीन्मासानष्टमासांश्च राघवो न्यवसत् सुखम्।

kvacit paridaśān māsānekasaṃvatsaraṃ kvacit|| kvacita caturo māsān pañca ṣaṭ ca parān kvacita| aparatrādhikān māsānadhyardhamadhikaṃ kvacit|| trīnmāsānaṣṭamāsāṃśca rāghavo nyavasat sukham|

English Meaning

And Rāghava happily passed his days somewhere for ten months, somewhere for one year, somewhere for four months somewhere for five or six months, somewhere for many months, somewhere for a month and a half, somewhere for more, somewhere for three months, and somewhere for eight.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)