योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-7, chapter-147, verse-7

कुतोऽप्यागत्य पतितमुड्डीय गगनादिव ।
उपायनं परे लोके गृहीतमिव वा भुवः ॥ ७ ॥

kuto'pyāgatya patitamuḍḍīya gaganādiva ,
upāyanaṃ pare loke gṛhītamiva vā bhuvaḥ 7

7. kutaḥ api āgatya patitam uḍḍīya gaganāt iva
upāyanam pare loke gṛhītam iva vā bhuvaḥ

7. kutaḥ api āgatya gaganāt iva uḍḍīya patitam
vā bhuvaḥ pare loke upāyanam iva gṛhītam

7. It is as if, having come from somewhere, it fell after flying down from the sky; or as if it were an offering received by the earth for the higher world.

Words meanings summery:

• कुतः (kutaḥ) - from somewhere (whence, from where, why)

• अपि (api) - in "kutaḥ api", it forms "from somewhere" (also, even, perhaps)

• आगत्य (āgatya) - having come

• पतितम् (patitam) - fallen, descended

• उड्डीय (uḍḍīya) - having flown up

• गगनात् (gaganāt) - from the sky, from the atmosphere

• इव (iva) - like, as, as if

• उपायनम् (upāyanam) - offering, present, gift, tribute

• परे (pare) - in the higher world (in the other, in the supreme, in the higher)

• लोके (loke) - in the higher world (in the world, in the realm)

• गृहीतम् (gṛhītam) - taken, seized, received

• इव (iva) - like, as, as if

• वा (vā) - or, either...or

• भुवः (bhuvaḥ) - of the earth

Words meanings and morphology

कुतः (kutaḥ) - from somewhere (whence, from where, why)

(indeclinable)

Formed from `kim` (what) with ablative suffix `tas`.

अपि (api) - in "kutaḥ api", it forms "from somewhere" (also, even, perhaps)

(indeclinable)

आगत्य (āgatya) - having come

(indeclinable)

Absolutive (gerund)

Derived from root `gam` with prefix `ā` and suffix `lyaP`.

Prefix: ā

Root: gam (class 1)

पतितम् (patitam) - fallen, descended

(adjective)

neuter, singular of patita

patita - fallen, descended, dropped

Past Passive Participle

Derived from root `pat` (to fall).

Root: pat (class 1)

Note: Refers to an implied neuter subject.

उड्डीय (uḍḍīya) - having flown up

(indeclinable)

Absolutive (gerund)

Derived from root `ḍī` (to fly) with prefix `ud`.

Prefix: ud

Root: ḍī (class 4)

गगनात् (gaganāt) - from the sky, from the atmosphere

(noun)

Ablative, neuter, singular of gagana

gagana - sky, atmosphere, heaven

इव (iva) - like, as, as if

(indeclinable)

उपायनम् (upāyanam) - offering, present, gift, tribute

(noun)

neuter, singular of upāyana

upāyana - offering, present, gift, approach, obtaining

Derived from root `i` (to go) with prefix `upā`.

Prefix: upā

Root: i (class 2)

परे (pare) - in the higher world (in the other, in the supreme, in the higher)

(adjective)

Locative, masculine, singular of para

para - other, different, supreme, highest, excellent

Note: Agrees with `loke`.

लोके (loke) - in the higher world (in the world, in the realm)

(noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of loka

loka - world, realm, people, division of the universe

गृहीतम् (gṛhītam) - taken, seized, received

(adjective)

neuter, singular of gṛhīta

gṛhīta - taken, seized, received, held

Past Passive Participle

Derived from root `grah` (to seize, take).

Root: grah (class 9)

Note: Agrees with `upāyanam`.

इव (iva) - like, as, as if

(indeclinable)

वा (vā) - or, either...or

(indeclinable)

भुवः (bhuvaḥ) - of the earth

(noun)

Genitive, feminine, singular of bhū

bhū - earth, ground, land

Note: Here in genitive sense, 'of the earth' (implying 'by the earth' in context of `gṛhītam`).