योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-1, chapter-28, verse-42

कालः क्रीडत्ययं प्रायः सर्वमापदि पातयन् ।
हेलाविचलिताशेषचतुराचारचञ्चुरः ॥ ४२ ॥

kālaḥ krīḍatyayaṃ prāyaḥ sarvamāpadi pātayan ,
helāvicalitāśeṣacaturācāracañcuraḥ 42

42. kālaḥ krīḍati ayam prāyaḥ sarvam āpadi pātayan
helā-vicalita-aśeṣa-caturācāra-cañcuraḥ

42. ayam kālaḥ prāyaḥ sarvam āpadi pātayan
helā-vicalita-aśeṣa-caturācāra-cañcuraḥ krīḍati

42. This Time often plays, casting everything into calamity (āpad). With playful ease, it perturbs all the established conduct of even the most astute individuals.

Words meanings summery:

• कालः (kālaḥ) - Time, death

• क्रीडति (krīḍati) - plays, sports, amuses itself

• अयम् (ayam) - this, this one

• प्रायः (prāyaḥ) - mostly, usually, often, for the most part

• सर्वम् (sarvam) - all, everything, the whole

• आपदि (āpadi) - in calamity, in misfortune, in distress

• पातयन् (pātayan) - causing to fall, throwing down, felling

• हेला-विचलित-अशेष-चतुराचार-चञ्चुरः (helā-vicalita-aśeṣa-caturācāra-cañcuraḥ) - one who perturbs all the established conduct of astute individuals with playful ease (one who shakes/disturbs with ease all established customs/conduct of clever people)

Words meanings and morphology

कालः (kālaḥ) - Time, death

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of kāla

kāla - Time, period, season, death

Note: Subject of 'krīḍati'.

क्रीडति (krīḍati) - plays, sports, amuses itself

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, present indicative (laṭ) of krīḍ

Root: krīḍ (class 1)

अयम् (ayam) - this, this one

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of idam

idam - this, this one

masculine nominative singular of 'idam'

Note: Refers to 'kālaḥ'.

प्रायः (prāyaḥ) - mostly, usually, often, for the most part

(indeclinable)

सर्वम् (sarvam) - all, everything, the whole

(pronoun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of sarva

sarva - all, every, whole, complete

Note: Object of 'pātayan'.

आपदि (āpadi) - in calamity, in misfortune, in distress

(noun)

Locative, feminine, singular of āpad

āpad - misfortune, calamity, adversity, danger (āpad)

from ā (prefix) + pad (to go, to fall into)

Prefix: ā

Root: pad (class 4)

Note: Indicates the state or condition into which 'sarvam' is thrown.

पातयन् (pātayan) - causing to fall, throwing down, felling

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of pātayat

pātayat - causing to fall, throwing down, felling

Present Active Participle (causative)

from root pat (to fall) + ṇic (causative) + śatṛ (present participle suffix)

Root: pat (class 1)

Note: Modifies 'kālaḥ'.

हेला-विचलित-अशेष-चतुराचार-चञ्चुरः (helā-vicalita-aśeṣa-caturācāra-cañcuraḥ) - one who perturbs all the established conduct of astute individuals with playful ease (one who shakes/disturbs with ease all established customs/conduct of clever people)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of helā-vicalita-aśeṣa-caturācāra-cañcura

helā-vicalita-aśeṣa-caturācāra-cañcura - characterized by playfully unsettling the entire established conduct of the astute

Compound type : Bahuvrihi (helā+vicalita+aśeṣa+caturācāra+cañcura)

• helā – sport, play, ease, contemptuous play
  noun (feminine)
• vicalita – moved, shaken, disturbed, swerved
  adjective (neuter)
  Past Passive Participle
  from vi (prefix) + root cal (to move) + kta (suffix)
  Prefix: vi
  Root: cal (class 1)
• aśeṣa – entire, all, without remainder, complete
  adjective (masculine)
  a (negation) + śeṣa (remainder)
• caturācāra – conduct of clever people, astute behavior
  noun (masculine)
  catura (clever) + ācāra (conduct)
• cañcura – active, unsteady, expert in, mischievous, playfully shaking
  adjective (masculine)

Note: Qualifies 'kālaḥ'.