योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-4, chapter-43, verse-25

विहरन्ति जगत्केचिन्निपतन्त्युत्पतन्ति च ।
कन्दुका इव हस्तेन मृत्युनाऽविरतं हताः ॥ २५ ॥

viharanti jagatkecinnipatantyutpatanti ca ,
kandukā iva hastena mṛtyunā'virataṃ hatāḥ 25

25. viharanti jagat kecit nipatanti utpatanti ca
kandukāḥ iva hastena mṛtyunā aviratam hatāḥ

25. kecit jagat viharanti,
nipatanti ca utpatanti,
mṛtyunā hastena aviratam hatāḥ kandukāḥ iva

25. Some wander through the world, falling down and rising up, just like balls constantly struck by the hand of death.

Words meanings summery:

• विहरन्ति (viharanti) - they wander, roam, recreate

• जगत् (jagat) - world, universe

• केचित् (kecit) - some, certain ones

• निपतन्ति (nipatanti) - they fall down, descend

• उत्पतन्ति (utpatanti) - they fly up, rise up, spring up

• च (ca) - and, also

• कन्दुकाः (kandukāḥ) - balls, playing balls

• इव (iva) - like, as, as if

• हस्तेन (hastena) - by the hand

• मृत्युना (mṛtyunā) - by death

• अविरतम् (aviratam) - constantly, incessantly, without interruption

• हताः (hatāḥ) - struck, thrown, hit

Words meanings and morphology

विहरन्ति (viharanti) - they wander, roam, recreate

(verb)

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

Prefix: vi

Root: hṛ (class 1)

जगत् (jagat) - world, universe

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of jagat

jagat - moving, living; the world, universe

Present Active Participle (used as noun)

Derived from root 'gam' (to go).

Root: gam (class 1)

केचित् (kecit) - some, certain ones

(indeclinable)

Note: Declined from 'kim' (neuter nominative/accusative singular) but used here as an indeclinable 'some'.

निपतन्ति (nipatanti) - they fall down, descend

(verb)

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

Prefix: ni

Root: pat (class 1)

उत्पतन्ति (utpatanti) - they fly up, rise up, spring up

(verb)

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

Prefix: ud

Root: pat (class 1)

च (ca) - and, also

(indeclinable)

कन्दुकाः (kandukāḥ) - balls, playing balls

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of kanduka

kanduka - a ball, playing ball

इव (iva) - like, as, as if

(indeclinable)

हस्तेन (hastena) - by the hand

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of hasta

hasta - hand

मृत्युना (mṛtyunā) - by death

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of mṛtyu

mṛtyu - death

Root: mṛ (class 6)

अविरतम् (aviratam) - constantly, incessantly, without interruption

(indeclinable)

Compound of 'a' (negative prefix) and 'virata' (stopped, ceased).

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (a+virata)

• a – not, non-, un-
  indeclinable
  Negative prefix.
• virata – stopped, ceased, ended, abstained from
  adjective (masculine)
  Past Passive Participle
  Past passive participle of root 'ram' with prefix 'vi'.
  Prefix: vi
  Root: ram (class 1)

Note: Adverbial usage from neuter accusative singular.

हताः (hatāḥ) - struck, thrown, hit

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of hata

hata - struck, hit, killed, destroyed

Past Passive Participle

Past passive participle of root 'han'.

Root: han (class 2)

Note: Agrees with 'kandukāḥ'.