महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-1, chapter-35, verse-3

ततो नातिमहान्कालः समतीत इवाभवत् ।
अथ देवासुराः सर्वे ममन्थुर्वरुणालयम् ॥३॥

3. tato nātimahānkālaḥ samatīta ivābhavat ,
atha devāsurāḥ sarve mamanthurvaruṇālayam.

3. tataḥ na ati mahān kālaḥ samatītaḥ iva abhavat
| atha devāsurāḥ sarve mamanthuḥ varuṇālayam

3. Then, not much time seemed to have passed. After that, all the Devas and Asuras churned the ocean (the abode of Varuṇa).

Words meanings summery:

• ततः (tataḥ) - then, next (introducing a new event) (from that, then, afterwards)

• न (na) - not (not, no)

• अति (ati) - very (much) (excessively, very, too much)

• महान् (mahān) - very great (time) (great, large, important)

• कालः (kālaḥ) - a long period of time (time, period, season)

• समतीतः (samatītaḥ) - had passed, gone by (passed, elapsed)

• इव (iva) - seemed to have (like, as if, seemingly)

• अभवत् (abhavat) - it seemed (to have passed) (it was, it happened, it became)

• अथ (atha) - after that (introduces a new significant event) (now, then, next, afterwards)

• देवासुराः (devāsurāḥ) - the Devas and Asuras (divine and demonic beings) (gods and demons)

• सर्वे (sarve) - all (the Devas and Asuras) (all, everyone)

• ममन्थुः (mamanthuḥ) - (the Devas and Asuras) churned (they churned)

• वरुणालयम् (varuṇālayam) - the ocean (abode of Varuṇa, the ocean)

Words meanings and morphology

ततः (tataḥ) - then, next (introducing a new event) (from that, then, afterwards)

(indeclinable)

न (na) - not (not, no)

(indeclinable)

Note: Negates ati.

अति (ati) - very (much) (excessively, very, too much)

(indeclinable)

Note: Qualifies mahān.

महान् (mahān) - very great (time) (great, large, important)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of mahat

mahat - great, large, vast, mighty

Note: Agreement with kālaḥ.

कालः (kālaḥ) - a long period of time (time, period, season)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of kāla

kāla - time, season, period, death

Note: Subject of abhavat.

समतीतः (samatītaḥ) - had passed, gone by (passed, elapsed)

(participle)

Nominative, masculine, singular of sam-ati-i

i - to go

Prefixes: sam+ati

Root: i (class 2)

Note: Agreement with kālaḥ.

इव (iva) - seemed to have (like, as if, seemingly)

(indeclinable)

अभवत् (abhavat) - it seemed (to have passed) (it was, it happened, it became)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, past imperfect (laṅ) of bhū

Root: bhū (class 1)

Note: Used as a copula here, in conjunction with 'iva'.

अथ (atha) - after that (introduces a new significant event) (now, then, next, afterwards)

(indeclinable)

देवासुराः (devāsurāḥ) - the Devas and Asuras (divine and demonic beings) (gods and demons)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of devāsura

devāsura - gods and demons

Compound type : dvandva (deva+asura)

• deva – god, deity, celestial being
  noun (masculine)
• asura – demon, anti-god
  noun (masculine)

Note: Subject of mamanthuḥ.

सर्वे (sarve) - all (the Devas and Asuras) (all, everyone)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of sarva

sarva - all, every, whole

Note: Agreement with devāsurāḥ.

ममन्थुः (mamanthuḥ) - (the Devas and Asuras) churned (they churned)

(verb)

3rd person , plural, active, perfect (lit) of manth

Root: manth (class 1)

वरुणालयम् (varuṇālayam) - the ocean (abode of Varuṇa, the ocean)

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of varuṇālaya

varuṇālaya - abode of Varuṇa (the ocean)

Compound type : ṣaṣṭhī-tatpuruṣa (varuṇa+ālaya)

• varuṇa – Varuṇa (deity of waters)
  noun (masculine)
• ālaya – abode, dwelling, house
  noun (masculine)

Note: Object of mamanthuḥ.