योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-3, chapter-49, verse-6

अन्तरिक्षगता वृक्षपङ्क्तयः पतिता भुवि ।
नानाजनशवव्यूहे काकानामिव कोटयः ॥ ६ ॥

antarikṣagatā vṛkṣapaṅktayaḥ patitā bhuvi ,
nānājanaśavavyūhe kākānāmiva koṭayaḥ 6

6. antarikṣagatāḥ vṛkṣapaṅktayaḥ patitāḥ
bhuvi nānājanaśavavyūhe kākānām iva koṭayaḥ

6. antarikṣagatāḥ vṛkṣapaṅktayaḥ nānājanaśavavyūhe
bhuvi patitāḥ kākānām koṭayaḥ iva

6. The rows of trees that had been hurled into the sky fell to the ground amidst heaps of diverse human corpses, resembling millions of crows.

Words meanings summery:

• अन्तरिक्षगताः (antarikṣagatāḥ) - gone into the sky, sky-borne, hurled into the air

• वृक्षपङ्क्तयः (vṛkṣapaṅktayaḥ) - rows of trees

• पतिताः (patitāḥ) - fallen

• भुवि (bhuvi) - on the ground, on the earth

• नानाजनशवव्यूहे (nānājanaśavavyūhe) - in the multitude/heap of corpses of various people

• काकानाम् (kākānām) - of crows

• इव (iva) - as if, like

• कोटयः (koṭayaḥ) - millions, tens of millions

Words meanings and morphology

अन्तरिक्षगताः (antarikṣagatāḥ) - gone into the sky, sky-borne, hurled into the air

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, plural of antarikṣagata

antarikṣagata - gone into the sky, being in the atmosphere

compound formed with a past passive participle

Compound of 'antarikṣa' (sky) and 'gata' (gone).

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (antarikṣa+gata)

• antarikṣa – space, atmosphere, sky
  noun (neuter)
• gata – gone, arrived, reached
  adjective (masculine)
  Past Passive Participle
  PPP of root √gam (to go).
  Root: gam (class 1)

Note: Agrees with 'vṛkṣapaṅktayaḥ'.

वृक्षपङ्क्तयः (vṛkṣapaṅktayaḥ) - rows of trees

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, plural of vṛkṣapaṅkti

vṛkṣapaṅkti - row of trees

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (vṛkṣa+paṅkti)

• vṛkṣa – tree
  noun (masculine)
• paṅkti – row, line, series
  noun (feminine)

Note: Subject of the sentence.

पतिताः (patitāḥ) - fallen

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, plural of patita

patita - fallen, descended, dropped

Past Passive Participle

PPP of root √pat (to fall).

Root: pat (class 1)

Note: Agrees with 'vṛkṣapaṅktayaḥ'.

भुवि (bhuvi) - on the ground, on the earth

(noun)

Locative, feminine, singular of bhū

bhū - earth, ground, land

नानाजनशवव्यूहे (nānājanaśavavyūhe) - in the multitude/heap of corpses of various people

(noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of nānājanaśavavyūha

nānājanaśavavyūha - multitude or heap of corpses of various people

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (nānā+jana+śava+vyūha)

• nānā – various, diverse, manifold
  indeclinable
• jana – person, people, human being
  noun (masculine)
  Root: jan (class 4)
• śava – corpse, dead body
  noun (masculine)
• vyūha – array, formation, multitude, heap, mass
  noun (masculine)
  Prefix: vi
  Root: ūh (class 1)

काकानाम् (kākānām) - of crows

(noun)

Genitive, masculine, plural of kāka

kāka - crow

Note: Modifies 'koṭayaḥ'.

इव (iva) - as if, like

(indeclinable)

Note: Introduces a simile.

कोटयः (koṭayaḥ) - millions, tens of millions

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, plural of koṭi

koṭi - ten million, crore; extremity, point

Note: Subject of the simile, referring to the fallen trees.