महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-5, chapter-147, verse-16

देवापिरभवज्ज्येष्ठो बाह्लीकस्तदनन्तरम् ।
तृतीयः शंतनुस्तात धृतिमान्मे पितामहः ॥१६॥

16. devāpirabhavajjyeṣṭho bāhlīkastadanantaram ,
tṛtīyaḥ śaṁtanustāta dhṛtimānme pitāmahaḥ.

16. devāpiḥ abhavat jyeṣṭhaḥ bāhlīkaḥ tat anantaram
tṛtīyaḥ śaṃtanuḥ tāta dhṛtimān me pitāmahaḥ

16. devāpiḥ jyeṣṭhaḥ abhavat.
bāhlīkaḥ tat anantaram [abhavat].
tāta,
tṛtīyaḥ dhṛtimān me pitāmahaḥ śaṃtanuḥ [abhavat].

16. Devāpi was the eldest, and Bāhlīka came next. The third, dear one (tāta), was Śaṃtanu, my grandfather, who was endowed with great resolve.

Words meanings summery:

• देवापिः (devāpiḥ) - Devāpi (proper name)

• अभवत् (abhavat) - was, became, existed

• ज्येष्ठः (jyeṣṭhaḥ) - eldest, senior, best

• बाह्लीकः (bāhlīkaḥ) - Bāhlīka (proper name)

• तत् (tat) - used adverbially to mean 'then' (that)

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

• तृतीयः (tṛtīyaḥ) - third

• शंतनुः (śaṁtanuḥ) - Śaṃtanu (proper name)

• तात (tāta) - dear one (used as an affectionate address by the narrator Vaiśampāyana to Janamejaya) (dear one, father, son)

• धृतिमान् (dhṛtimān) - endowed with great resolve (resolute, firm, patient)

• मे (me) - my, to me, for me

• पितामहः (pitāmahaḥ) - grandfather

Words meanings and morphology

देवापिः (devāpiḥ) - Devāpi (proper name)

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of devāpi

devāpi - Devāpi (name of an ancient king, son of Pratīpa)

अभवत् (abhavat) - was, became, existed

(verb)

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

Root: bhū (class 1)

ज्येष्ठः (jyeṣṭhaḥ) - eldest, senior, best

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of jyeṣṭha

jyeṣṭha - eldest, senior, chief, best

Superlative degree of vṛddha (old)

बाह्लीकः (bāhlīkaḥ) - Bāhlīka (proper name)

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of bāhlīka

bāhlīka - Bāhlīka (name of an ancient king, son of Pratīpa)

तत् (tat) - used adverbially to mean 'then' (that)

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

अनन्तरम् (anantaram) - immediately after, next, subsequently

(indeclinable)

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (an+antara)

• an – not, un-
  indeclinable
  Negative prefix
• antara – interval, space, difference
  noun (neuter)

तृतीयः (tṛtīyaḥ) - third

(numeral)

शंतनुः (śaṁtanuḥ) - Śaṃtanu (proper name)

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of śaṃtanu

śaṁtanu - Śaṃtanu (name of an ancient king, son of Pratīpa, grandfather of Bhīṣma)

तात (tāta) - dear one (used as an affectionate address by the narrator Vaiśampāyana to Janamejaya) (dear one, father, son)

(noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of tāta

tāta - father, dear one, son (term of endearment)

धृतिमान् (dhṛtimān) - endowed with great resolve (resolute, firm, patient)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of dhṛtimat

dhṛtimat - resolute, firm, patient, endowed with courage/firmness

Derived from dhṛti (firmness, resolve) with suffix -mat

मे (me) - my, to me, for me

(pronoun)

Genitive, singular of asmad

asmad - I, me

पितामहः (pitāmahaḥ) - grandfather

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of pitāmaha

pitāmaha - grandfather (father's father)