योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-4, chapter-57, verse-12

कस्मिंश्चिदेव समये किंचित्पुंसो विराजते ।
फलमाभाति वृक्षस्य शरद्येव न माधवे ॥ १२ ॥

kasmiṃścideva samaye kiṃcitpuṃso virājate ,
phalamābhāti vṛkṣasya śaradyeva na mādhave 12

12. kasmiṃścit eva samaye kiṃcit puṃsaḥ virājate |
phalam ābhāti vṛkṣasya śaradi eva na mādhave ||

12. kiṃcit puṃsaḥ kasmiṃścit eva samaye virājate.
yathā vṛkṣasya phalam śaradi eva ābhāti,
na mādhave.

12. Something is truly fitting for a person only at a particular time. Just as the fruit appears on a tree specifically in autumn and not in spring, so too is the appropriateness of things for a person.

Words meanings summery:

• कस्मिंश्चित् (kasmiṁścit) - in some particular (time) (in some, in a certain)

• एव (eva) - indeed, only (indeed, only, just)

• समये (samaye) - at a particular time (in time, at the proper time, occasion)

• किंचित् (kiṁcit) - something (abstractly, 'a certain thing' or 'something appropriate') (something, a little, anything)

• पुंसः (puṁsaḥ) - of a person (of a man, of a person)

• विराजते (virājate) - is appropriate, is fitting (shines, appears, is appropriate, is splendid)

• फलम् (phalam) - fruit (fruit, result, consequence, reward)

• आभाति (ābhāti) - appears (is visible) (shines forth, appears, is visible)

• वृक्षस्य (vṛkṣasya) - of a tree

• शरदि (śaradi) - in autumn

• एव (eva) - indeed, only (indeed, only, just)

• न (na) - not (not, no)

• माधवे (mādhave) - in spring (in spring, in the month of Mādhava (Caitra/Vaiśākha))

Words meanings and morphology

कस्मिंश्चित् (kasmiṁścit) - in some particular (time) (in some, in a certain)

(pronoun)

Locative, masculine, singular of kimcid

kimcid - some, any, a certain

kim (interrogative pronoun) + cid (indeclinable suffix implying 'certain'). Declines like kim.

Note: Agrees with samaye.

एव (eva) - indeed, only (indeed, only, just)

(indeclinable)

Emphatic particle.

समये (samaye) - at a particular time (in time, at the proper time, occasion)

(noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of samaya

samaya - time, season, occasion, agreement, convention

From sam-i (to come together).

Prefix: sam

Root: i (class 2)

किंचित् (kiṁcit) - something (abstractly, 'a certain thing' or 'something appropriate') (something, a little, anything)

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of kimcid

kimcid - something, anything, a little

kim (interrogative pronoun) + cid (indeclinable suffix implying 'certain').

पुंसः (puṁsaḥ) - of a person (of a man, of a person)

(noun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of puṃs

puṁs - man, person, male, spirit (puruṣa)

Strong stem of an s-stem noun.

विराजते (virājate) - is appropriate, is fitting (shines, appears, is appropriate, is splendid)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, middle, present (laṭ) of virāj

Present middle indicative

Root rāj (to rule, shine) with prefix vi. 1st conjugation, ātmanepada.

Prefix: vi

Root: rāj (class 1)

फलम् (phalam) - fruit (fruit, result, consequence, reward)

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of phala

phala - fruit, result, advantage, reward

Root: phal (class 1)

आभाति (ābhāti) - appears (is visible) (shines forth, appears, is visible)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, present (laṭ) of ābhā

Present active indicative

Root bhā (to shine) with prefix ā. 2nd conjugation, parasmaipada.

Prefix: ā

Root: bhā (class 2)

वृक्षस्य (vṛkṣasya) - of a tree

(noun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of vṛkṣa

vṛkṣa - tree

शरदि (śaradi) - in autumn

(noun)

Locative, feminine, singular of śarad

śarad - autumn, a year

एव (eva) - indeed, only (indeed, only, just)

(indeclinable)

Emphatic particle.

न (na) - not (not, no)

(indeclinable)

Negative particle.

माधवे (mādhave) - in spring (in spring, in the month of Mādhava (Caitra/Vaiśākha))

(noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of mādhava

mādhava - relating to spring; the month of Caitra (March-April) or Vaiśākha (April-May); a name of Vishnu/Krishna.

From madhu (spring, honey) + aṇ (suffix).