योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-7, chapter-93, verse-17

वैमानिक इवापुण्यश्छिन्नमूल इव द्रुमः ।
खात्त्यक्त इव पाषाणः स पपात ततोऽवनौ ॥ १७ ॥

vaimānika ivāpuṇyaśchinnamūla iva drumaḥ ,
khāttyakta iva pāṣāṇaḥ sa papāta tato'vanau 17

17. vaimānikaḥ iva apuṇyaḥ chinnamūlaḥ iva drumaḥ
khāt tyaktaḥ iva pāṣāṇaḥ saḥ papāta tataḥ avanau

17. tataḥ saḥ avanau papāta apuṇyaḥ vaimānikaḥ iva
chinnamūlaḥ drumaḥ iva khāt tyaktaḥ pāṣāṇaḥ iva

17. Then he fell onto the earth (avanau), like a celestial being (vaimānika) whose merits (apuṇya) are exhausted, or like a tree (druma) with severed roots (chinnamūla), or like a stone (pāṣāṇa) dropped from the sky.

Words meanings summery:

• वैमानिकः (vaimānikaḥ) - celestial being (celestial being, aerial charioteer, pilot)

• इव (iva) - like, as, as if

• अपुण्यः (apuṇyaḥ) - without merit, having exhausted merit, inauspicious

• छिन्नमूलः (chinnamūlaḥ) - having severed roots, uprooted

• इव (iva) - like, as, as if

• द्रुमः (drumaḥ) - tree

• खात् (khāt) - from the sky, from space

• त्यक्तः (tyaktaḥ) - abandoned, dropped, thrown

• इव (iva) - like, as, as if

• पाषाणः (pāṣāṇaḥ) - stone, rock

• सः (saḥ) - he, that

• पपात (papāta) - fell down

• ततः (tataḥ) - then, from there

• अवनौ (avanau) - on the earth, to the ground

Words meanings and morphology

वैमानिकः (vaimānikaḥ) - celestial being (celestial being, aerial charioteer, pilot)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of vaimānika

vaimānika - a celestial being, pilot (of an aerial car), one who travels by Vimāna

Derived from 'vimāna' (aerial car) with the suffix '-ika'.

इव (iva) - like, as, as if

(indeclinable)

अपुण्यः (apuṇyaḥ) - without merit, having exhausted merit, inauspicious

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of apuṇya

apuṇya - without merit, demeritorious, inauspicious

Compound type : nañ-tatpuruṣa (a+puṇya)

• a – not, non-
  indeclinable
• puṇya – merit, virtue, good deed
  noun (neuter)

छिन्नमूलः (chinnamūlaḥ) - having severed roots, uprooted

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of chinnamūla

chinnamūla - having severed roots, uprooted

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (chinna+mūla)

• chinna – severed, cut, broken
  adjective
  Past Passive Participle
  Derived from root 'chid' with past passive participle suffix 'kta'.
  Root: chid (class 7)
• mūla – root, origin, basis
  noun (neuter)

इव (iva) - like, as, as if

(indeclinable)

द्रुमः (drumaḥ) - tree

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of druma

druma - tree

खात् (khāt) - from the sky, from space

(noun)

Ablative, neuter, singular of kha

kha - sky, space, ether

त्यक्तः (tyaktaḥ) - abandoned, dropped, thrown

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of tyakta

tyakta - abandoned, left, thrown away

Past Passive Participle

Derived from root 'tyaj' with past passive participle suffix 'kta'.

Root: tyaj (class 1)

इव (iva) - like, as, as if

(indeclinable)

पाषाणः (pāṣāṇaḥ) - stone, rock

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of pāṣāṇa

pāṣāṇa - stone, rock

सः (saḥ) - he, that

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, it

Note: Demonstrative pronoun.

पपात (papāta) - fell down

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, past perfect (liṭ) of pat

Root: pat (class 1)

ततः (tataḥ) - then, from there

(indeclinable)

अवनौ (avanau) - on the earth, to the ground

(noun)

Locative, feminine, singular of avani

avani - earth, ground