महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-4, chapter-38, verse-40

ततोऽनन्तरमेवाथ प्रजापतिरधारयत् ।
त्रीणि पञ्चशतं चैव शक्रोऽशीति च पञ्च च ॥४०॥

40. tato'nantaramevātha prajāpatiradhārayat ,
trīṇi pañcaśataṁ caiva śakro'śīti ca pañca ca.

40. tataḥ anantaram eva atha prajāpatiḥ adhārayat
trīṇi pañcaśatam ca eva śakraḥ aśīti ca pañca ca

40. Thereafter, Prajāpati (lord of creatures) immediately held it for three times five hundred (1500) years. And indeed, Śakra (Indra) held it for eighty-five years.

Words meanings summery:

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

• अनन्तरम् (anantaram) - immediately after, next, subsequently

• एव (eva) - indeed, only, just

• अथ (atha) - now, then, moreover

• प्रजापतिः (prajāpatiḥ) - lord of creatures, Prajāpati

• अधारयत् (adhārayat) - held, sustained, bore, maintained

• त्रीणि (trīṇi) - three

• पञ्चशतम् (pañcaśatam) - five hundred

• च (ca) - and

• एव (eva) - indeed, only, just

• शक्रः (śakraḥ) - Indra (a name for Indra)

• अशीति (aśīti) - eighty

• च (ca) - and

• पञ्च (pañca) - five

• च (ca) - and

Words meanings and morphology

ततः (tataḥ) - thereafter, then, from that

(indeclinable)

From tad + suffix -tas

अनन्तरम् (anantaram) - immediately after, next, subsequently

(indeclinable)

na + antara

Compound type : navi-tatpuruṣa (na+antara)

• na – not
  indeclinable
• antara – interval, difference, other
  noun (neuter)

एव (eva) - indeed, only, just

(indeclinable)

Emphatic particle

अथ (atha) - now, then, moreover

(indeclinable)

Conjunction/Adverb

प्रजापतिः (prajāpatiḥ) - lord of creatures, Prajāpati

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of prajāpati

prajāpati - lord of creatures, creator god

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (prajā+pati)

• prajā – progeny, creatures, people
  noun (feminine)
  From pra + √jan (to be born)
  Prefix: pra
• pati – lord, master, husband
  noun (masculine)

अधारयत् (adhārayat) - held, sustained, bore, maintained

(verb)

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

Imperfect 3rd singular active

From root √dhṛ, class 10 (causative form dhārayati).

Root: dhṛ (class 10)

त्रीणि (trīṇi) - three

(numeral)

पञ्चशतम् (pañcaśatam) - five hundred

(numeral)

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (pañcan+śata)

• pañcan – five
  numeral
• śata – hundred
  noun (neuter)

Note: When combined with 'trīṇi', interpreted as 'three times five hundred' (1500 years).

च (ca) - and

(indeclinable)

Conjunction

एव (eva) - indeed, only, just

(indeclinable)

Emphatic particle

शक्रः (śakraḥ) - Indra (a name for Indra)

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of śakra

śakra - Indra, powerful, mighty

Root: śak

अशीति (aśīti) - eighty

(numeral)

च (ca) - and

(indeclinable)

Conjunction

पञ्च (pañca) - five

(numeral)

Note: Combined with 'aśīti' to mean eighty-five.

च (ca) - and

(indeclinable)

Conjunction