महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-3, chapter-181, verse-16

आसन्वर्षसहस्राणि तथा पुत्रसहस्रिणः ।
ततः कालान्तरेऽन्यस्मिन्पृथिवीतलचारिणः ॥१६॥

16. āsanvarṣasahasrāṇi tathā putrasahasriṇaḥ ,
tataḥ kālāntare'nyasminpṛthivītalacāriṇaḥ.

16. āsan varṣasahasrāṇi tathā putrasahasriṇaḥ
tataḥ kālāntare anyasmin pṛthivītalacāriṇaḥ

16. They lived for thousands of years and similarly had thousands of sons. Then, in another age, they became wanderers on the surface of the earth.

Words meanings summery:

• आसन् (āsan) - they were, they existed

• वर्षसहस्राणि (varṣasahasrāṇi) - thousands of years

• तथा (tathā) - thus, so, in the same way, similarly

• पुत्रसहस्रिणः (putrasahasriṇaḥ) - having thousands of sons

• ततः (tataḥ) - then, thereafter, from that

• कालान्तरे (kālāntare) - at another time, in a different age

• अन्यस्मिन् (anyasmin) - in another, in a different

• पृथिवीतलचारिणः (pṛthivītalacāriṇaḥ) - wanderers on the surface of the earth

Words meanings and morphology

आसन् (āsan) - they were, they existed

(verb)

3rd person , plural, active, past imperfect (laṅ) of as

Root: as (class 2)

वर्षसहस्राणि (varṣasahasrāṇi) - thousands of years

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, plural of varṣasahasra

varṣasahasra - a thousand years

Compound of varṣa (year) and sahasra (thousand)

Compound type : dvigu (varṣa+sahasra)

• varṣa – year; rain
  noun (neuter)
• sahasra – a thousand
  noun (neuter)

Note: Indicates duration of time.

तथा (tathā) - thus, so, in the same way, similarly

(indeclinable)

पुत्रसहस्रिणः (putrasahasriṇaḥ) - having thousands of sons

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of putrasahasrin

putrasahasrin - possessing a thousand sons

Compound of putra (son) and sahasra (thousand), with suffix -in

Compound type : bahuvrihi (putra+sahasra)

• putra – son, child
  noun (masculine)
• sahasra – a thousand
  noun (neuter)

ततः (tataḥ) - then, thereafter, from that

(indeclinable)

कालान्तरे (kālāntare) - at another time, in a different age

(noun)

Locative, neuter, singular of kālāntara

kālāntara - another time, a different period, another age

Compound of kāla (time) and antara (other, different)

Compound type : tatpurusha (kāla+antara)

• kāla – time, season, period
  noun (masculine)
• antara – other, different, distinct; interval, space
  adjective

अन्यस्मिन् (anyasmin) - in another, in a different

(pronoun)

Locative, neuter, singular of anya

anya - other, another, different

Note: Modifies 'kālāntare'.

पृथिवीतलचारिणः (pṛthivītalacāriṇaḥ) - wanderers on the surface of the earth

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of pṛthivītalacārin

pṛthivītalacārin - moving or wandering on the surface of the earth

Compound of pṛthivītala (earth's surface) and cārin (moving, wandering)

Compound type : tatpurusha (pṛthivītala+cārin)

• pṛthivītala – the surface of the earth
  noun (neuter)
  Compound of pṛthivī (earth) and tala (surface)
• cārin – moving, wandering, going; one who moves or wanders
  adjective
  Derived from root car (to move, wander)
  Root: car (class 1)