योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-4, chapter-12, verse-15

काश्चिदूर्ध्वादधो यान्ति यथा हस्तान्महत्फलम् ।
ऊध्वादूर्ध्वतरं काश्चिदधस्तात्काश्चिदप्यधः ॥ १५ ॥

kāścidūrdhvādadho yānti yathā hastānmahatphalam ,
ūdhvādūrdhvataraṃ kāścidadhastātkāścidapyadhaḥ 15

15. kāścit ūrdhvāt adhaḥ yānti yathā hastāt mahat phalam
ūrdhvāt ūrdhvataram kāścit adhastāt kāścit api adhaḥ

15. kāścit ūrdhvāt adhaḥ yānti,
yathā hastāt mahat phalam [yāti].
kāścit ūrdhvāt ūrdhvataram [yānti],
kāścit adhastāt api adhaḥ [yānti].

15. Some (beings) descend from higher states to lower ones, just as a large fruit falls from the hand. Some ascend from an upper state to an even higher one, while others fall even further downwards from below.

Words meanings summery:

• काश्चित् (kāścit) - (some beings or entities) (some)

• ऊर्ध्वात् (ūrdhvāt) - from above/higher states (from above, from a high place/state)

• अधः (adhaḥ) - downwards/to lower states (downwards, below, in a lower place/state)

• यान्ति (yānti) - they go/descend (they go, they move)

• यथा (yathā) - just as (as, just as, like)

• हस्तात् (hastāt) - from the hand

• महत् (mahat) - large (great, large, big)

• फलम् (phalam) - fruit (fruit, result, consequence)

• ऊर्ध्वात् (ūrdhvāt) - from an upper state (from above, from a high place/state)

• ऊर्ध्वतरम् (ūrdhvataram) - to an even higher state (to a higher degree, higher)

• काश्चित् (kāścit) - (some beings or entities) (some)

• अधस्तात् (adhastāt) - from below/lower states (from below, from a lower place/state)

• काश्चित् (kāścit) - (some beings or entities) (some)

• अपि (api) - even (also, even, too)

• अधः (adhaḥ) - downwards/to lower states (downwards, below, in a lower place/state)

Words meanings and morphology

काश्चित् (kāścit) - (some beings or entities) (some)

(pronoun)

Nominative, feminine, plural of kaścid

kaścid - some, any

Formed from kim + cit

Note: Indefinite pronoun

ऊर्ध्वात् (ūrdhvāt) - from above/higher states (from above, from a high place/state)

(adjective)

Ablative, singular of ūrdhva

ūrdhva - up, above, higher

Note: Used adverbially

अधः (adhaḥ) - downwards/to lower states (downwards, below, in a lower place/state)

(indeclinable)

Note: Adverb of place/direction

यान्ति (yānti) - they go/descend (they go, they move)

(verb)

3rd person , plural, active, present (laṭ) of yā

Present Active Indicative

Class 2 verb

Root: yā (class 2)

यथा (yathā) - just as (as, just as, like)

(indeclinable)

Note: Comparative adverb

हस्तात् (hastāt) - from the hand

(noun)

Ablative, masculine, singular of hasta

hasta - hand, arm

महत् (mahat) - large (great, large, big)

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of mahat

mahat - great, large, important

Note: Qualifies phalam

फलम् (phalam) - fruit (fruit, result, consequence)

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of phala

phala - fruit, result, effect

Note: Subject of the simile, implied verb "falls"

ऊर्ध्वात् (ūrdhvāt) - from an upper state (from above, from a high place/state)

(adjective)

Ablative, singular of ūrdhva

ūrdhva - up, above, higher

Note: Used adverbially

ऊर्ध्वतरम् (ūrdhvataram) - to an even higher state (to a higher degree, higher)

(adjective)

singular of ūrdhvatara

ūrdhvatara - higher, more upward

Comparative degree of ūrdhva

Note: Used adverbially here, implies accusative direction

काश्चित् (kāścit) - (some beings or entities) (some)

(pronoun)

Nominative, feminine, plural of kaścid

kaścid - some, any

Formed from kim + cit

Note: Indefinite pronoun

अधस्तात् (adhastāt) - from below/lower states (from below, from a lower place/state)

(indeclinable)

Formed from adhas + tāt

Note: Adverb of place/origin

काश्चित् (kāścit) - (some beings or entities) (some)

(pronoun)

Nominative, feminine, plural of kaścid

kaścid - some, any

Formed from kim + cit

Note: Indefinite pronoun

अपि (api) - even (also, even, too)

(indeclinable)

Emphatic particle

अधः (adhaḥ) - downwards/to lower states (downwards, below, in a lower place/state)

(indeclinable)

Note: Adverb of place/direction