योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-7, chapter-186, verse-79

यथा प्रपाते पयसो विचित्राः कणपङ्कतयः ।
विचित्रदेशकालान्ता निपतन्त्युत्पतन्ति च ॥ ७९ ॥

yathā prapāte payaso vicitrāḥ kaṇapaṅkatayaḥ ,
vicitradeśakālāntā nipatantyutpatanti ca 79

79. yathā prapāte payasaḥ vicitrāḥ kaṇapaṅkatayaḥ
vicitradeśakālāntāḥ nipatanti utpatanti ca

79. yathā prapāte payasaḥ vicitrāḥ vicitradeśakālāntāḥ kaṇapaṅkatayaḥ nipatanti ca utpatanti ca.

79. Just as various lines of water drops, having diverse limits in space and time, fall and rise in a waterfall.

Words meanings summery:

• यथा (yathā) - just as, as, in the manner that

• प्रपाते (prapāte) - in a waterfall, in a fall, in a descent

• पयसः (payasaḥ) - of water, of milk, of fluid

• विचित्राः (vicitrāḥ) - various, diverse, variegated, wonderful

• कणपङ्कतयः (kaṇapaṅkatayaḥ) - lines of drops, rows of particles

• विचित्रदेशकालान्ताः (vicitradeśakālāntāḥ) - having various limits of place and time

• निपतन्ति (nipatanti) - they fall down, they descend

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

• च (ca) - and, also

Words meanings and morphology

यथा (yathā) - just as, as, in the manner that

(indeclinable)

प्रपाते (prapāte) - in a waterfall, in a fall, in a descent

(noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of prapāta

prapāta - fall, descent, waterfall, precipice, falling down

Derived from root pat 'to fall' with prefix pra-.

Prefix: pra

Root: pat (class 1)

पयसः (payasaḥ) - of water, of milk, of fluid

(noun)

Genitive, neuter, singular of payas

payas - water, milk, juice, fluid

विचित्राः (vicitrāḥ) - various, diverse, variegated, wonderful

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, plural of vicitra

vicitra - variegated, diverse, strange, wonderful, various

कणपङ्कतयः (kaṇapaṅkatayaḥ) - lines of drops, rows of particles

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, plural of kaṇapaṅkti

kaṇapaṅkti - line/row of drops/particles

Compound type : ṣaṣṭhī-tatpurusha (kaṇa+paṅkti)

• kaṇa – grain, drop, particle, atom
  noun (masculine)
• paṅkti – line, row, series, collection
  noun (feminine)

विचित्रदेशकालान्ताः (vicitradeśakālāntāḥ) - having various limits of place and time

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, plural of vicitradeśakālānta

vicitradeśakālānta - having diverse limits of space and time

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (vicitra+deśa+kāla+anta)

• vicitra – variegated, diverse, strange, wonderful
  adjective
  Prefix: vi
• deśa – place, region, spot, country
  noun (masculine)
• kāla – time, season, period
  noun (masculine)
• anta – end, limit, boundary, edge
  noun (masculine)

निपतन्ति (nipatanti) - they fall down, they descend

(verb)

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

Prefix: ni

Root: pat (class 1)

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

(verb)

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

Prefix: ut

Root: pat (class 1)

च (ca) - and, also

(indeclinable)