योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-3, chapter-49, verse-8

गिरीनपश्यन्नभसः पततः पत्रवर्णवत् ।
सिन्धुः सिन्धुरिवोत्पक्षान्मैनाकादीनितस्ततः ॥ ८ ॥

girīnapaśyannabhasaḥ patataḥ patravarṇavat ,
sindhuḥ sindhurivotpakṣānmainākādīnitastataḥ 8

8. girīn apaśyat nabhasaḥ patataḥ patravarṇavat
sindhuḥ sindhuḥ iva utpakṣān mainākādīn itastataḥ

8. sindhuḥ sindhuḥ iva,
nabhasaḥ patravarṇavat patataḥ utpakṣān mainākādīn girīn itastataḥ apaśyat

8. The ocean (sindhu), like an elephant (sindhu), saw the Maināka and other mountains, whose wings were torn off, falling from the sky here and there like colored leaves.

Words meanings summery:

• गिरीन् (girīn) - mountains

• अपश्यत् (apaśyat) - he saw, he beheld

• नभसः (nabhasaḥ) - from the sky, from the atmosphere

• पततः (patataḥ) - falling, dropping

• पत्रवर्णवत् (patravarṇavat) - Like falling leaves. (like the color of leaves, like leaves, leaf-colored)

• सिन्धुः (sindhuḥ) - The ocean itself, as the subject of the verb 'apaśyat'. (ocean, sea, river)

• सिन्धुः (sindhuḥ) - As the object of comparison in 'sindhuriva' (like an elephant). (elephant, ocean, river)

• इव (iva) - like, as if

• उत्पक्षान् (utpakṣān) - The mountains, having lost their wings or with wings detached, falling. (having wings detached, whose wings are torn off; winged)

• मैनाकादीन् (mainākādīn) - Mountains like Maināka, referring to mountains that had wings. (Maināka and others)

• इतस्ततः (itastataḥ) - hither and thither, here and there, in various directions

Words meanings and morphology

गिरीन् (girīn) - mountains

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, plural of giri

giri - mountain, hill

Note: Object of 'apaśyat'.

अपश्यत् (apaśyat) - he saw, he beheld

(verb)

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

Imperfect Active

3rd person singular of √dṛś/paś. The final 't' undergoes sandhi to 'n' before 'nabhasaḥ'.

Root: dṛś (class 1)

Note: Subject is 'sindhuḥ'.

नभसः (nabhasaḥ) - from the sky, from the atmosphere

(noun)

Ablative, neuter, singular of nabhas

nabhas - sky, atmosphere, cloud

Note: Indicates the origin of the falling.

पततः (patataḥ) - falling, dropping

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, plural of patat

patat - falling

Present Active Participle

From √pat (to fall) + śatṛ

Root: pat (class 1)

Note: Qualifies 'girīn'.

पत्रवर्णवत् (patravarṇavat) - Like falling leaves. (like the color of leaves, like leaves, leaf-colored)

(indeclinable)

From patra-varṇa + matup/vatup suffix (used as adverbial 'like')

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (patra+varṇa)

• patra – leaf, wing, feather
  noun (neuter)
• varṇa – color, form, appearance, class
  noun (masculine)

Note: Adverbial simile describing the falling mountains.

सिन्धुः (sindhuḥ) - The ocean itself, as the subject of the verb 'apaśyat'. (ocean, sea, river)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of sindhu

sindhu - ocean, river, Indus river

Note: First instance, subject of the sentence.

सिन्धुः (sindhuḥ) - As the object of comparison in 'sindhuriva' (like an elephant). (elephant, ocean, river)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of sindhu

sindhu - elephant, ocean, river

Note: Part of the simile 'sindhuriva'.

इव (iva) - like, as if

(indeclinable)

Note: Part of the simile 'sindhuriva'.

उत्पक्षान् (utpakṣān) - The mountains, having lost their wings or with wings detached, falling. (having wings detached, whose wings are torn off; winged)

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, plural of utpakṣa

utpakṣa - having wings torn off, wingless; also winged, having prominent wings

From ut + pakṣa. 'ut' can mean 'up', 'out', or 'deprived of'. Here likely 'deprived of' or 'with dislodged wings'.

Compound type : bahuvrihi (ut+pakṣa)

• ut – prefix: out, up, away, deprived of
  indeclinable
  prefix
• pakṣa – wing, feather, side
  noun (masculine)

मैनाकादीन् (mainākādīn) - Mountains like Maināka, referring to mountains that had wings. (Maināka and others)

(proper noun)

Accusative, masculine, plural of mainākādi

mainākādi - Maināka and so on, Maināka and others

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (maināka+ādi)

• maināka – Name of a mythical mountain
  proper noun (masculine)
• ādi – beginning, et cetera, and so on
  indeclinable

Note: Qualifies 'girīn'.

इतस्ततः (itastataḥ) - hither and thither, here and there, in various directions

(indeclinable)

Note: Adverbial modifier for 'patataḥ'.