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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 3.10.23

Araṇya Kāṇḍa, sarga 10: Ten years among the hermitages. Māṇḍakarṇi’s lake music is explained, years of visits lead toward Agastya, Rāma recounts his digestion of Vātāpi

In the sequence: they visit the munis in turn, staying for different periods—several months in some places, a year or longer in others → ten years pass in these visits

3.10.23

yeṣām uṣitavān pūrvaṃ sakāśe sa mahāstravit
kva cit paridaśān māsān ekaṃ saṃvatsaraṃ kva cit

In whose presence that master of great weapons had dwelt before — in one place fully ten months, in another a whole year,

Words: yeṣām — of whom; uṣitavān — he had dwelt; pūrvaṃ — before, formerly; sakāśe — in the presence; sa — he; mahāstravit — the knower of great weapons; kva cit — in some place; paridaśān — fully ten; māsān — months; ekaṃ — one; saṃvatsaraṃ — a year; kva cit — in some place

Composed by Maharṣi Vālmīki, the ādikavi of the ādikāvya: the first poet of the first poem. Sanskrit: The Vālmīki-Rāmāyaṇa: Critical Edition, Oriental Institute, Baroda, 1960–1975 (gen. eds. G. H. Bhatt, U. P. Shah); IAST from GRETIL (Göttingen). Translation and word glosses: Claude Opus 4.6–4.7; summaries and sequences: ChatGPT Astra (machine-made). Numbering follows the Critical Edition, not the vulgate (e.g. Gita Press, valmikiramayan.net), so sarga and verse numbers can differ from those editions.